Italian submarines in World War Two
Dandolo ( DO, I.16)
Dandolo
Dandolo (USMM)
Type | Ocean going | |
Class | Marcello (12) | |
Laid down | 14 Jun 1937 | Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico, Monfalcone |
Launched | 20 Nov 1937 | |
Commissioned | 25 Mar 1938 | |
End service | ||
Stricken | 1 Feb 1948 | |
Loss date | ||
Loss position | ||
History | In June 1943, was proposed as a transport submarine, code name "AQUILA XI". Stricken on 1st February 1948. | |
Fate |
Commands
Commander | Date from | Date to | Command notes |
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C.C. Riccardo Boris | 16 Dec 1939 | 10 May 1941 | |
T.V. Walter Auconi | 11 May 1941 | 25 Feb 1942 | |
T.V. Gaetano Di Meglio | 26 Feb 1942 | 11 May 1942 | |
S.T.V. Sergio Gamba | 12 May 1942 | 23 Jun 1942 | |
C.C. Alberto Campanella | 24 Jun 1942 | 24 Aug 1942 | |
S.T.V. Sergio Gamba | 25 Aug 1942 | 31 Aug 1942 | |
C.C. Alberto Torri | 31 Aug 1942 | 18 Sep 1942 | |
T.V. Giacomo Scano | 18 Sep 1942 | 11 Mar 1943 | |
T.V. Aldo Turcio | 18 Mar 1943 | 31 Dec 1944 | |
C.C. Leone Monteleoni | 1 Jan 1945 | 9 Feb 1946 |
Ships hit
Date | Commander | Ship hit | Type | GRT | Nat. | Loss type | |
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1. | 21 Aug 1940 | C.C. Riccardo Boris | Hermes | Tanker | 3,768 | Damaged | |
2. | 26 Aug 1940 | C.C. Riccardo Boris | Ilvington Court | Cargo ship | 5,187 | Sunk | |
3. | 31 Jan 1941 | C.C. Riccardo Boris | Pizarro | Cargo ship | 1,367 | Sunk | |
4. | 4 Nov 1941 | T.V. Walter Auconi | Le Tarn | Tanker | 4,220 | Damaged | |
5. | 8 Nov 1941 | T.V. Walter Auconi | Oropesa | Cargo ship | 6,600 | Sunk |
Patrols and events
Commander | Date | Time | Port | Arr. date | Arr. time | Arr. port | Miles | Description | ||
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1 | Boris, Riccardo | 5 Jun 1940 | 2000 | Naples | 17 Jun 1940 | 1820 | Naples | 1926,4 | Patrolled 13 miles southeast of Cape Palos, Spain. | |
13 Jun 1940 | 0725 0940 (e) | 37° 00'N, 0° 17'W (e) 37° 10'N, 0° 10'E (0) 120° - Cape Palos - 46 miles. | At 0644 hours, the hydrophones had detected an enemy formation. At 0713 hours, it was recognised as three cruisers screened by destroyers. Twelve minutes later, two torpedoes were fired from the bow tubes (533mm) at a distance of 1,600 metres aimed at the third cruiser. They missed. These were the French light cruisers of the Third Squadron, La Galissonière, Jean de Vienne, Marseillaise (Flagship Rear-Admiral André Amédée Abel Marquis), escorted by destroyers Brestois and Boulonnais. They were alerted by two of their float planes and took avoiding action. One torpedo passed between La Galissonière and Jean De Vienne, missing the latter by 20 meters ahead. | |||||||
13 Jun 1940 | 0725+ 0625 (e) | 37° 00'N, 0° 17'W (0) 45 miles SE of Cape Palos. | The French cruiser squadron had sent two float planes to scout ahead, HS 35 from La Galissonière and HS 36 from Jean de Vienne. HS 36 sighted the periscope on the port side of the 3rd D.C.T. and dived on it without attacking it as the aircraft was armed with bombs. As HS 35 also closed, she sighted the launching of the two torpedoes and dropped a bomb. The submarine was going deep after firing her torpedoes and had just reached a depth of 20 meters when she was badly shaken by the bomb. La Galissonnière dropped 12 depth-charges and the French Admiral ordered the destroyers of the 5th D.C.T. (Brestois and Boulonnais) to hunt the submarine. They dropped each three grenades without result, the submarine had gone down to 118 meters. At 0702 hours, the destroyer Typhon, who was also escorting the battleship Provence, sighted a bubble attributed to a torpedo launch and dropped six depth-charges without result. Dandolo reported them at 0809 hours (Rome Time) to her starboard side. | |||||||
Boris, Riccardo | 21 Jun 1940 | 2000 | Naples | 21 Jun 1940 | 1820 | Naples | 1,5 | Docked? | ||
Boris, Riccardo | 24 Jun 1940 | 1337 | Naples | 24 Jun 1940 | 1403 | Naples | 1,5 | Undocked? | ||
Boris, Riccardo | 27 Jun 1940 | 0930 | Naples | 27 Jun 1940 | 1325 | Naples | 21 | Trials. | ||
2 | Boris, Riccardo | 27 Jun 1940 | 1835 | Naples | 16 Jul 1940 | 0820 | Naples | 2990 | Sailed with Barbarigo and patrolled in 36°20'N, 01°40'W near Cape Palos and Cape De Gata. | |
3 Jul 1940 | 1910-2140 | (0) Near Cape Palos. | An enemy escort vessel dropped depth-charges on the submarine. | |||||||
Boris, Riccardo | 22 Jul 1940 | 1100 | Naples | 22 Jul 1940 | 1130 | Naples | 0,8 | Docked? | ||
Boris, Riccardo | 28 Jul 1940 | 0715 | Naples | 28 Jul 1940 | 0815 | Naples | 0,8 | Undocked? | ||
Boris, Riccardo | 6 Aug 1940 | 0900 | Naples | 6 Aug 1940 | 1711 | Naples | 29,5 | Trials. | ||
3 | Boris, Riccardo | 8 Aug 1940 | 2240 | Naples | 10 Sep 1940 | 1620 | Bordeaux | 4267,2 | Passage to Bordeaux and patrolled between 36°00'N and 38°00'N. Passed Gibraltar on 16th August 1940. | |
21 Aug 1940 | 2345 2050 (e) | 36° 57'N, 13° 37'W (e) 36° 56'N, 13° 15'W | At 2030 hours, a tanker estimated at 10,000 tons or more, was observed on a 250° course. The submarine trailed her until 2345 hours, when a single torpedo (533mm, W type) was fired and hit the target. This was the Dutch tanker Hermes (3768 GRT, built 1914) proceeding to England. The torpedo caused a large hole on the port side forward. She was abandoned but, as she did show any sign of sinking, the crew returned on board and brought her to Lisbon. There were no casualties. | |||||||
26 Aug 1940 | 2000 | 37° 13'N, 21° 43'W (e) 37° 10'N, 21° 50'W | At 1800 hours, a steamer was observed zigzagging and Dandolo maneuvered to take a position ahead of her for attack. She appeared to be an 8,000-ton armed steamer. At 2000 hours, a single torpedo (533mm, W type) was fired and struck the vessel in the aft hold and she sank in ten minutes. The victim was the British Ilvington Court (5.187 GRT, built 1919) carrying a cargo of iron ore from Freetown to Cardiff. Her crew of forty-six managed to reach Santa Maria Island (Azores) on 29th August. | |||||||
Boris, Riccardo | 29 Sep 1940 | 0925 | Bordeaux | 29 Sep 1940 | 1010 | Bordeaux | 0,5 | Docked? | ||
Boris, Riccardo | 2 Oct 1940 | 1010 | Bordeaux | 2 Oct 1940 | 1030 | Bordeaux | 0,5 | Undocked? | ||
Boris, Riccardo | 11 Oct 1940 | 1615 | Bordeaux | 11 Oct 1940 | 1900 | Bordeaux | 20,5 | Trials. | ||
4 | Boris, Riccardo | 12 Oct 1940 | 1540 | Bordeaux | 15 Nov 1940 | 1815 | Bordeaux | 4419,3 | Sailed for Atlantic patrol between 55°20'N and 56°50'N, and between 20°00'W and 23°55'W. | |
20 Oct 1940 | 1855 | 53° 12'N, 25° 34'W | A steamer proceeding alone was sighted at a distance of 8,000 metres. The submarine attempted to close but was thwarted by the heavy seas and gave up the chase. | |||||||
27 Oct 1940 | 1750 | 55° 36'N, 21° 46'W | On receipt of a signal from a U-boat, at 1300 hours, reporting a convoy in 56°15' N, 16°15' W, the submarine took an interception course. Nothing was seen and at 0620 hours on the 28th, the chase was abandoned. | |||||||
31 Oct 1940 | 2130 | 55° 46'N, 22° 04'W | Dandolo received a signal from Malaspina (timed 1630/31) reporting a convoy in 57°15' N, 21°15' W and altered course to intercept. Heavy seas forced the submarine to abandon the chase. | |||||||
1 Nov 1940 | 0927 | 55° 52'N, 20° 54'W | A lone steamer steering 030° was sighted at 5,000 metres. Because of visibility conditions, C.C. Boris elected to intercept, submerged at full speed on electric motors, but could not catch up. | |||||||
Boris, Riccardo | 16 Nov 1940 | 0830 | Bordeaux | 16 Nov 1940 | 0945 | Bordeaux | 1,5 | Docked? | ||
Boris, Riccardo | 29 Nov 1940 | 0830 | Bordeaux | 29 Nov 1940 | 0945 | Bordeaux | 0,5 | Undocked? | ||
Boris, Riccardo | 10 Dec 1940 | 1400 | Bordeaux | 10 Dec 1940 | 1445 | Bordeaux | 0,5 | Docked? | ||
Boris, Riccardo | 15 Dec 1940 | 1500 | Bordeaux | 15 Dec 1940 | 1540 | Bordeaux | 0,5 | Undocked? | ||
Boris, Riccardo | 17 Jan 1941 | 1145 | Bordeaux | 17 Jan 1941 | 1215 | Bordeaux | 0,5 | Changed moorings? | ||
Boris, Riccardo | 18 Jan 1941 | 1415 | Bordeaux | 18 Jan 1941 | 1445 | Bordeaux | 0,5 | Changed moorings? | ||
Boris, Riccardo | 22 Jan 1941 | 0945 | Bordeaux | 22 Jan 1941 | 1720 | Bordeaux | 2 | Trials. | ||
5 | Boris, Riccardo | 24 Jan 1941 | 1620 | Bordeaux | 22 Feb 1941 | 1615 | Bordeaux | 3794 | Sailed for patrol (a) between 53°00'N and 54°00'N, and between 17°00'W and 20°00'W (b) between 54°00'N and 55°00'N, and between 20°00'W and 21°00'W (c) between 55°00'N 56°00'N, and between 21°00'W and 22°00'W. Met on her return by the German minesweepers M-2, M-6 and M-21 and Sperrbrecher 16. | |
31 Jan 1941 | 2155 2015-2020 (e) | 49° 04'N, 19° 31'W | At 1918 hours, a 6,500-ton tanker was sighted in 49°23' N, 19°35' W. At 2155 hours, Dandolo had closed to 500 metres to fire two torpedoes (450mm) from the bow tubes. They broke surface and missed. This was the British Pizarro (1,367 GRT, built 1923), a straggler from convoy O.G.51 from Oban to Gibraltar, carrying 1,500 tons of general cargo and 400 tons of mail. | |||||||
31 Jan 1941 | 2228 2030 (e) | 49° 04'N, 19° 31'W (e) 49° 03'N, 19° 40'W | At 2228 hours, two torpedoes (450mm) were fired from the stern tubes at a distance of 500 metres. This time both hit. Pizarro sank in 5 minutes with twenty-three of her crew. Three explosions had been felt on board Pizarro, but two were muffled and one was "terrific". There were six survivors who were picked up by the steamer MacBrae, another straggler from the same convoy. | |||||||
8 Feb 1941 | 1400-1720 | 53° 37'N, 18° 47'W | At 1400 hours, a steamer was observed zigzagging on a northeasterly course. The submarine attempted to trail her, but the chase would force her to exit her zone of operation. At 1952 hours, a submarine was sighted at 3,500 metres. This was Morosini who would attack this ship shortly after. The target was the Dutch steamer Prins Fredrik Hendrik (1288 GRT, built 1936). | |||||||
22 Feb 1941 | 0855-0857 | (0) 283° of Pointe La Coubre - 14 miles (off Gironde). | The submarine sighted three torpedo tracks, the nearest passing 40 metres across her bows. The German submarine chaser UJ-E and the minesweepers M-10, M-13 and M-25 were sent to hunt, but located nothing. The "attack" was apparently bogus as no British submarines operated in the area. The "torpedoes" were probably porpoises. | |||||||
Boris, Riccardo | 30 Mar 1941 | 0920 | Bordeaux | 30 Mar 1941 | 1500 | Bordeaux | 4 | Trials. | ||
Boris, Riccardo | 7 Apr 1941 | 1220 | Bordeaux | 7 Apr 1941 | 1936 | Bordeaux | 49 | Trials. | ||
Boris, Riccardo | 8 Apr 1941 | 0955 | Bordeaux | 8 Apr 1941 | 1440 | Bordeaux | 28 | Trials. | ||
6 | Boris, Riccardo | 9 Apr 1941 | 1540 | Bordeaux | 27 Apr 1941 | 2011 | Bordeaux | 3188 | Sailed for Atlantic patrol between 35°00'N and 36°00'N, within 30 miles from the Moroccan coast. Patrol interrupted due to defects. | |
16 Apr 1941 | 0540-0555 | 35° 26'N, 7° 14'W | A shadow was sighted at 5,000 metres, it was identified as a battleship, escorted by two destroyers, on a 240° course. The submarine could not close the range to carry out an attack, but elected not to make an enemy report as these ships were going to pass outside the patrol areas of Italian submarines. These were most probably the battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth, escorted by three destroyers HMS Velox, HMS Wrestler and HMS Fury (local escort), which had sailed at 2205 hours on the 15th from Gibraltar for Freetown. | |||||||
7 | Auconi, Walter | 13 Jun 1941 | 0910 | Bordeaux | 13 Jun 1941 | 1616 | Le Verdon | 54 | Passage Bordeaux-Le Verdon. | |
7b | Auconi, Walter | 14 Jun 1941 | 0700 | Le Verdon | 14 Jun 1941 | 2050 | La Pallice | 92 | Passage Le Verdon-La Pallice with Bagnolini, escorted by Sperrbrecher 16 and exercises. | |
7c | Auconi, Walter | 19 Jun 1941 | 2000 | La Pallice | 23 Jun 1941 | 0710 | La Pallice | 813 | Passage La Pallice-Naples, but developed defects off Cape Villano, and escorted back by the German minesweeper M 4443. | |
7d | Auconi, Walter | 26 Jun 1941 | 2020 | La Pallice | 7 Jul 1941 | 0710 | Naples | 2186 | Passage La Pallice-Naples. Passed Gibraltar on 2nd July 1941. Long refit. On 6th July, British Naval Intelligence was aware that she had returned to the Mediterranean. On 1st July, U-138 was informed that Dandolo would pass her, eastbound, in the next few days. [U-138 had however already been sunk at that date.] | |
29 Jun 1941 | 0820-1215 | (0) Off Lisbon. | At 0820 hours, the submarine sighted a steamer on a southerly course and took an intercepting course. At 1005 hours, the submarine had initially closed to use her bow tubes, but then elected to turn for a stern shot, when she recognised a vessel with Red Cross markings and broke off the attack. However, shortly after she intercepted an SOS indicating the vessel was the Spanish EARG. This was actually the call sign of Cuidad De Palma (3,959 GRT, built 1930). [Thanks to Lorenzo Colombo for providing this answer]. | |||||||
29 Jun 1941 | 2208 | (0) Off Cape St. Vincent. | At a distance of 7,000 metres, the submarine spotted a destroyer coming toward her and dived to avoid being seen. C.C. Boris decided to delay the passage through the Straits if Gibraltar by one day. | |||||||
2 Jul 1941 | 0230 | (0) Off Cape Tariffa (Morocco). | A destroyer or torpedo-boat was seen silhouetted against the Moroccan coast at a distance of 1,500 metres but Boris decided to continue his route on the surface and was not detected. | |||||||
Auconi, Walter | 28 Aug 1941 | 0850 | Naples | 28 Aug 1941 | 1517 | Naples | 42 | Trials. | ||
Auconi, Walter | 1 Sep 1941 | 0900 | Naples | 1 Sep 1941 | 1202 | Naples | 23 | Trials. | ||
Auconi, Walter | 3 Sep 1941 | 1425 | Naples | 3 Sep 1941 | 2102 | Naples | 32 | Trials. | ||
Auconi, Walter | 10 Sep 1941 | 0800 | Naples | 10 Sep 1941 | 1820 | Naples | 59 | Trials. | ||
Auconi, Walter | 18 Sep 1941 | 0900 | Naples | 18 Sep 1941 | 1630 | Naples | 38 | Trials. | ||
Auconi, Walter | 19 Sep 1941 | 0900 | Naples | 19 Sep 1941 | 1630 | Naples | 30 | Trials, escorted by the torpedo boat La Masa. | ||
Auconi, Walter | 20 Sep 1941 | 1305 | Naples | 20 Sep 1941 | 1933 | Naples | 56 | Trials. | ||
8 | Auconi, Walter | 23 Sep 1941 | 0645 | Naples | 4 Oct 1941 | 0910 | Naples | 1919 | Patrolled south of Balearic Islands in area between 37°10'N and 37°50'N, and between 01°00'E and 01°20'E. On 25th September, ordered to move 20 miles to the south. | |
24 Sep 1941 | 0610 | 38° 19'N, 8° 41'E | A submarine, similar to Dandolo, was seen but could not be identified. | |||||||
29 Sep 1941 | 0645 | 37° 17'N, 1° 07'E | A destroyer was seen at 1,000 metres followed by two cruisers. The submarine attempted to make a bow attack. Auconi then decided to try a stern shot at 600 metres, but was thwarted by the appearance of a second destroyer and went deep. | |||||||
30 Sep 1941 | 0318 | 37° 14'N, 1° 01'E | Five destroyers were seen and the submarine took avoiding action. | |||||||
30 Sep 1941 | 0648 | 37° 14'N, 1° 01'E (0) Approximately. | Dandolo sighted a dark vessel coming at her at high speed. The submarine crash-dived but appeared to have been the subject of a systematic A/S search by four vessels. From 0925 to 1330 houra, Dandolo was severely depth-charged,with patterns from six to eight depth-charges. | |||||||
3 Oct 1941 | 0625 | 38° 43'N, 9° 35'E | An unknown submarine was observed steering 200°, which was later reported as enemy (apparently none in area). Auconi ordered the gun crew to action station but decided to disengage. | |||||||
Auconi, Walter | 20 Oct 1941 | 1355 | Naples | 20 Oct 1941 | 1920 | Naples | 40 | Trials. | ||
Auconi, Walter | 22 Oct 1941 | 0950 | Naples | 22 Oct 1941 | 1830 | Naples | 43 | Trials. | ||
Auconi, Walter | 24 Oct 1941 | 0905 | Naples | 24 Oct 1941 | 1323 | Naples | 32 | Trials. | ||
9 | Auconi, Walter | 30 Oct 1941 | 1700 | Naples | 12 Nov 1941 | 1145 | Naples | 2317,3 | Sailed for patrol, initially along the Algerian coast, between 02°00'E and 03°00'E, within 10 to 20 miles from the coast. Then ordered between 36°00'N and the Moroccan coast, 02°40'W and 03°20'W (or between 37°40'N and 38°20'N, and between 04°20'E and 04°40'E?), as a sortie of Force H was expected. | |
1 Nov 1941 | 1335 | 38° 00'N, 7° 37'E | A British bomber was sighted at 8,000 metres and the submarine dived. | |||||||
4 Nov 1941 | 0440-0552 0340 (e) | 36° 44'N, 2° 29'E | At 0345 hours, a large steamer was sighted at distance of 8,000 metres and later identified as a 10,000-ton tanker. Although she was identified as French by her markings and by signals exchanged with Algiers, Auconi believed it might be a British tanker disguised as such and, just after 0440 hours, Dandolo opened fire with both her deck guns scoring hits while the target returned fire. This was the Vichy tanker Tarn (4,220 GRT, built 1939) on passage from Casablanca to Algiers. Dandolo now fired a salvo of three torpedoes from her bow tubes and scored one hit. The tanker Tarn was damaged and had two men killed. At 0552 hours, Dandolo tried to finish off Tarn with a stern shot but missed. The tanker managed to reach Algiers at 1100 hours the same day. | |||||||
8 Nov 1941 | 0745 0700 (e) | (0) Bay of Melilla. | At 0720 hours, a merchant ship was sighted, which was poorly illuminated and did not show any national markings. At 0745 hours, Dandolo fired a single torpedo from tube no.1 (her last torpedo available in the bow tubes). It appeared to have an erratic run initially, but 80 seconds later a hit was observed under the stern and the vessel sank in three or four minutes. This was the second error Auconi committed on this patrol, as the target was the Spanish Castillo Oropesa (6,600 GRT, built 1917 [also listed as 5,177 GRT]). In ballast, she had left Barcelona for Melilla and was now awaiting permission to enter harbour to pick up iron ore for Gijon. There were no casualties. This was another embarrassing incident for Italian authorities, who tried to deny that the culprit was an Italian submarine. However, the Spaniards recovered fragments of the torpedo and identified it as of Italian manufacture. Officially, the Italian government refuted the accusations by stating that Italian torpedoes had been sold to Yugoslavia and the Netherlands and arguing this did not constitute a proof of Italian involvement. | |||||||
Auconi, Walter | 6 Dec 1941 | 1003 | Naples | 6 Dec 1941 | 1615 | Naples | 43 | Trials. | ||
10 | Auconi, Walter | 10 Dec 1941 | 1133 | Naples | 11 Dec 1941 | 0845 | Messina | 226,5 | Supply mission to Bardia via Messina. Phase 1. Uneventful. | |
10b | Auconi, Walter | 12 Dec 1941 | 1605 | Messina | 18 Dec 1941 | 1800 | Bardia | Supply mission to Bardia (18 tons: 2 tons of fuel, 16 tons of food supplies). Phase 2. | ||
13 Dec 1941 | 0935 | 38° 10'N, 19° 04'E | An unidentified aircraft was seen and the submarine dived. | |||||||
13 Dec 1941 | 1430 | 35° 50'N, 19° 46'E | Two unidentified aircraft were seen at 4,000 metres and the submarine dived. | |||||||
13 Dec 1941 | 1620 | 35° 44'N, 19° 58'E | A derelict mine was observed but not destroyed. | |||||||
15 Dec 1941 | 0820 | 34° 05'N, 23° 30'E | An unidentified aircraft was seen flying low and the submarine dived. | |||||||
15 Dec 1941 | 1007 | 34° 02'N, 23° 16'E | An unidentified aircraft was seen at 4,000 metres and the submarine dived. | |||||||
15 Dec 1941 | 1135 | 33° 58'N, 23° 42'E (0) Approximately. | An unidentified aircraft was seen at 5,000 metres, but the submarine remained on the surface as it appeared to be moving away. | |||||||
15 Dec 1941 | 1145 | 33° 58'N, 23° 42'E | An unidentified aircraft was seen at 3,000 metres and the submarine dived. | |||||||
10c | Auconi, Walter | 18 Dec 1941 | 2150 | Bardia | 20 Dec 1941 | 0850 | Suda | 1384,5 | Return trip from supply mission to Bardia with fifteen PoWs (six British officers and nine other ranks). British Intelligence was aware of her passage through ULTRA decrypt. | |
19 Dec 1941 | 1025 | 33° 56'N, 24° 35'E | An unidentified aircraft was seen at 6,000 metres and the submarine dived. | |||||||
11 | Auconi, Walter | 24 Dec 1941 | 1700 | Suda | 26 Dec 1941 | 1830 | Bardia | Supply mission to Bardia (2 tons of fuel, 16 tons of food supplies). Uneventful. | ||
11b | Auconi, Walter | 26 Dec 1941 | 2200 | Bardia | 31 Dec 1941 | 1750 | Taranto | 1276 | Return trip from supply mission to Bardia (with ten Italian soldiers and ten Indian PoWs). Uneventful. | |
27 Dec 1941 | 0935 0945 (e) | 33° 08'N, 24° 46'E (e) 33° 08'N, 25° 13'E | At 0935 hours, a twin-engine bomber was sighted at 1,500 metres and it made a recognition signal. At first, it was believed to be perhaps a German aircraft. But then as it closed to 200 metres, it was recognised as enemy and the submarine's twin Breda guns which had been manned opened fire but repeatedly jammed so Dandolo escaped by diving ten minutes later. This was a Beaufort of 39 Squadron. | |||||||
28 Dec 1941 | 0820 | 34° 16'N, 22° 43'E (0) Approximately. | An unidentified aircraft was seen, the submarine dived and heard distant explosions. | |||||||
31 Dec 1941 | 0350 | 39° 25'N, 18° 04'E | An unknown vessel was sighted, probably an Italian submarine [Cagni, Millo and Mocenigo were expected to arrive in Taranto at about the same time]. This was probably Mocenigo. | |||||||
Auconi, Walter | 26 Jan 1942 | 0855 | Bardia | 26 Jan 1942 | 1707 | Taranto | 65,5 | Trials. | ||
12 | Auconi, Walter | 9 Feb 1942 | 1150 | Taranto | 25 Feb 1942 | 1400 | Augusta | 2088 | Patrolled north of Cyrenaica within 8 miles on meridian of 33°50'N 20°30'E with Mocenigo in an adjacent area. | |
10 Feb 1942 | 2300 | 38° 31'N, 18° 50'E | Unknown submarine was sighted on opposite course, believed to be Mocenigo. | |||||||
14 Feb 1942 | 1034 | At 1034 hours, Dandolo was informed that a convoy of 22 ships was sighted at 0800 hours in 34°43' N, 21°45' E steering 310°. The submarine was just proceeding to intercept when, at 1100 hours, a signal was received reporting a second convoy at 0900 hours in 35°03' N, 17°55' E on a 105° course. Dandolo proceeded on a course to sight both convoys, but heard only very distant H.E. believed to be the convoy on the starboard side at 60 miles and the one on the port side at 90 miles. | ||||||||
14 Feb 1942 | 1310 | At 1310 hours, the submarine was informed that a third convoy with a battleship, three cruisers and a number of destroyers was sighted at 1020 hours in 34°43' N, 18°55' E on a 120° course. This was probably Force B with convoy M.E.10. Auconi believed that this convoy would pass through Dandolo's position and at 1436 H.E. were heard from what was believed to be this convoy. At 1900 hours the submarine surfaced in 33°53' N, 20°26' E. | ||||||||
14 Feb 1942 | 2000 | 33° 53'N, 20° 26'E | A derelict mine was observed. | |||||||
20 Feb 1942 | 0415 | At 0415 hours, the submarine was informed of a naval force located at 0330 hours in 33°03' N, 23°07' E. The submarine submerged for a listening watch, but nothing was detected. | ||||||||
21 Feb 1942 | 2045 | 33° 23'N, 23° 25'E | A derelict mine was observed. | |||||||
24 Feb 1942 | 0618 | 34° 51'N, 20° 40'E | At 0618 hours, the submarine Tricheco was encountered. She was in difficulty after suffering severe weather damage. The previous evening, at 2000 hours, Dandolo had been informed of her predicament and ordered by MARICOSOM to proceed to her assistance. Dandolo and Tricheco proceeded in company at 11 knots to Augusta. | |||||||
24 Feb 1942 | 1600 | 35° 34'N, 19° 01'E | A derelict mine was observed. | |||||||
Di Meglio, Gaetano | 12 Mar 1942 | 0910 | Augusta | 12 Mar 1942 | 1141 | Augusta | 16 | Trials escorted by the auxiliary Nuovo Avvenire. | ||
Di Meglio, Gaetano | 14 Mar 1942 | 0430 | Augusta | 15 Mar 1942 | 0940 | Cagliari | 440 | Passage Augusta-Cagliari. | ||
13 | Di Meglio, Gaetano | 16 Mar 1942 | 1855 | Cagliari | 3 Apr 1942 | 0900 | Cagliari | 2263 | Patrolled south of Balearic Islands between 37°00'N and 37°20'N, and between 00°00'E and 01°20'E. Despite several opportunities, the submarine could not carry out any attack. | |
20 Mar 1942 | 1400 | The submarine was informed that a force consisting of two aircraft carriers, a battleship and a cruiser had sailed from Gibraltar [these were the aircraft carriers HMS Eagle and HMS Argus, the battleship HMS Malaya and the light cruiser HMS Hermione escorted by the destroyers HMS Whitehall, HMS Wishart, HMS Laforey, HMS Duncan, HMS Active, HMS Anthony and the escort destroyers HMS Blankney, HMS Croome and HMS Exmoor) for Operation PICKET I]. This was amplified by a signal from the submarine Mocenigo, which was received at 2315 hours. Dandolo proceeded to take an intercepting position, but did not hear or see anything and was informed the next afternoon that the force had apparently reverted course to Gibraltar [they actually returned on 23rd March]. | ||||||||
22 Mar 1942 | 1226 | 37° 24'N, 0° 04'E | Dandolo detected with her hydrophones a naval force steering 230°, 16 knots. The submarine could not make visual contact but made an enemy report. | |||||||
25 Mar 1942 | 1400 | Dandolo was informed that the British steamer Empire Kestul (sic?) would sail from Valencia to Gibraltar. The submarine took an intercepting position off Cape Palos, but only sighted a Swiss ship believed to be Eiger, arriving from the Balearic Islands, at 0605 hours on the 26th. | ||||||||
26 Mar 1942 | 1100 | (0) Off Cape Palos. | Dandolo was informed that the British steamer Etrib (1943 GRT, built 1913) would sail from Valencia to Gibraltar. The submarine remained off Cape Palos in the hope of intercepting the ship and only sighted the French ship Providence at 0340 hours on the 27th and another French vessel at 0526 hours. | |||||||
27 Mar 1942 | 0705 0603 (e) | 37° 30'N, 0° 30'W (e) 37° 20'N, 0° 44'W | At 0705 hours, an unknown submarine was seen at 700 metres. Dandolo prepared to make a recognition signal, but the submarine turned away and dived at 0607 hours. This was HMS HMS Upright (Lt. J. S. Wraith, RN) on passage from Malta to Gibraltar, she carried only two torpedoes and prudently avoided action. | |||||||
28 Mar 1942 | 0850 | 37° 07'N, 0° 16'E | Dandolo detected a naval force with her hydrophones. It was later believed to be five destroyers conducting an A/S search, three of which passed over the submarine. The submarine took evasive action by diving to 70 meters. | |||||||
29 Mar 1942 | 1235 | 37° 12'N, 1° 04'E | At 1235 hours, Dandolo detected a naval force with her hydrophones. Earlier, she had been informed by a signal from the submarine Brin, that the naval force was returning to Gibraltar and had moved to an intercepting position. The submarine could not immediately make visual contact but, at 1535 hours, she sighted what appeared to be a cruiser at long range. | |||||||
30 Mar 1942 | 1400 | Dandolo was informed of an enemy cruiser off La Galite on a 260° course. She was ordered to move 20 miles to the south (off Cape Tenes). This was executed, but no contact was made. | ||||||||
Di Meglio, Gaetano | 14 Apr 1942 | 1500 | Cagliari | 14 Apr 1942 | 1740 | Cagliari | 20 | Trials. | ||
Di Meglio, Gaetano | 15 Apr 1942 | 0915 | Cagliari | 16 Apr 1942 | 2047 | Naples | 282 | Passage Cagliari-Naples. | ||
Gamba, Sergio | 12 May 1942 | Cagliari | 23 Jun 1942 | Cagliari | Refit at Cagliari. | |||||
Campanella, Alberto | 30 Jun 1942 | 0955 | Naples | 30 Jun 1942 | 1726 | Naples | 58 | Trials. | ||
Campanella, Alberto | 4 Jul 1942 | 0830 | Naples | 4 Jul 1942 | 1815 | Naples | 57 | Trials and gyrocompass tests. | ||
Campanella, Alberto | 5 Jul 1942 | 1458 | Naples | 5 Jul 1942 | 2330 | Naples | 76 | Exercises. | ||
Campanella, Alberto | 7 Jul 1942 | 0904 | Naples | 7 Jul 1942 | 1410 | Naples | 36 | Trials. | ||
Campanella, Alberto | 8 Jul 1942 | 1400 | Naples | 8 Jul 1942 | 1541 | Naples | 23 | Trials. | ||
Campanella, Alberto | 9 Jul 1942 | 1000 | Naples | 10 Jul 1942 | 1200 | Cagliari | 287 | Passage Naples-Cagliari. | ||
14 | Campanella, Alberto | 13 Jul 1942 | 2100 | Cagliari | 23 Jul 1942 | 0945 | Cagliari | 1184 | Patrolled south of Majorca with Otaria and Emo on a patrol line between 37°40'N and 38°00'N, and between 02°20'E and 02°40'E. Briefly left her area westward to intercept a damaged enemy cruiser (HMS Charybdis) on 20th-21st July. | |
19 Jul 1942 | 1345 | 37° 27'N, 1° 57'E (0) Approximate position. | At 1120 hours, Dandolo had been informed of an enemy cruiser and altered course to 225°. At 1345 hours, a Sunderland was suddenly sighted and the submarine quickly dived. Several bombs were heard between 1349 and 1410 hours but the submarine was not damaged. | |||||||
21 Jul 1942 | 0322 0332B (e) | 37° 50'N, 2° 10'E (e) 37° 48'N, 2° 05'E | At 0015 hours, Dandolo had submerged to carry a listening watch. At 0100 hours, several H.E. were heard and the submarine surfaced . At 0258 hours, nothing had been seen and Campanella decided to dive again. Two minutes later, sounds were heard from two groups of vessels, one bearing 185° and the other in 215°. At 0306 hours, Dandolo surfaced again and proceeded toward the first group at 13.5 knots. At 0317 hours, the lookout on the starboard aft station reported a large dark mass bearing 120° at a distance of 4,000 metres. It was identified as an aircraft carrier. This was HMS Eagle with the light cruisers HMS Charybdis and HMS Cairo, escorted by the destroyers HMS Westcott, HMS Wrestler, HMS Ithuriel, HMS Antelope and HMS Vansittart, returning to Gibraltar from operation INSECT. At 0322 hours, the range had dropped to 2,000 metres when Dandolo fired a full salvo of four torpedoes from her bow tubes aimed at the aircraft carrier. This was a surface attack and the submarine dived upon firing. After two minutes two explosions were heard within three seconds of each other. In fact all torpedoes had missed. On board HMS Eagle, four underwater explosions were heard, one of them close. | |||||||
Campanella, Alberto | 28 Jul 1942 | 0853 | Cagliari | 28 Jul 1942 | 1250 | Cagliari | 29 | Trials. | ||
15 | Febbraro, Giovanni | 11 Aug 1942 | 1730 | Cagliari | 14 Aug 1942 | 0947 | Cagliari | 554,5 | Patrolled north of Tunisia with Emo and Otaria on a patrol line between 37°20'N and 38°00'N, and between 09°20'E and 09°40'E. | |
12 Aug 1942 | 1800 | 37° 39'N, 9° 45'E | At 1800 hours, an enemy naval squadron consisting of two battleships, an aircraft carrier, a cruiser and five destroyers was sighted at a distance of 9-10,000 metres, on a 090° course. Dandolo got as close as 7,000 meters before being attacked at 1830 hours by a destroyer which dropped four depth-charges causing some damage, notably to the periscope. The submarine escaped by going down to 120 meters. Some 120 depth-charges were heard until 2120 hours. | |||||||
13 Aug 1942 | 1530 | As Dandolo was returning to base following the damage incurred the previous day, she was informed at 1530 hours of a damaged aircraft carrier (believed to be HMS Furious). She reverted course in the hope of intercepting it but, at 1645 hours, a new signal came cancelling the previous report and the submarine returned to base. | ||||||||
Campanella, Alberto | 16 Aug 1942 | 1100 | Cagliari | 17 Aug 1942 | 0830 | Naples | 266 | Passage Cagliari-Naples. | ||
Gamba, Sergio | 25 Aug 1942 | Naples | 31 Aug 1942 | Naples | Refit at Naples. | |||||
Torri, Alberto | 6 Sep 1942 | 0812 | Naples | 6 Sep 1942 | 1311 | Naples | 35 | Exercises and trials. | ||
Torri, Alberto | 7 Sep 1942 | 1516 | Naples | 7 Sep 1942 | 2235 | Naples | 44 | Exercises and trials. | ||
Torri, Alberto | 11 Sep 1942 | 0810 | Naples | 11 Sep 1942 | 1720 | Naples | 24 | Gyrocompass tests. | ||
Torri, Alberto | 12 Sep 1942 | 0857 | Naples | 12 Sep 1942 | 1135 | Naples | 27 | Exercises and trials. | ||
Torri, Alberto | 13 Sep 1942 | 0915 | Naples | 13 Sep 1942 | 1305 | Naples | 31 | Exercises and trials. | ||
Torri, Alberto | 15 Sep 1942 | 0954 | Naples | 15 Sep 1942 | 1300 | Naples | 13 | Used in a propaganda movie. | ||
Torri, Alberto | 17 Sep 1942 | 1013 | Naples | 17 Sep 1942 | 1830 | Naples | 49 | Exercises and trials. | ||
Scano, Giacomo | 19 Sep 1942 | 1135 | Naples | 20 Sep 1942 | 0950 | Cagliari | 275 | Passage Naples-Cagliari. | ||
Scano, Giacomo | 23 Sep 1942 | 1354 | Cagliari | 23 Sep 1942 | 1820 | Cagliari | 30 | Exercises and trials. | ||
Scano, Giacomo | 25 Sep 1942 | 1348 | Cagliari | 25 Sep 1942 | 1755 | Cagliari | 30 | Exercises and trials. | ||
Scano, Giacomo | 2 Oct 1942 | 1355 | Cagliari | 2 Oct 1942 | 1740 | Cagliari | 40 | Exercises and trials. | ||
Scano, Giacomo | 5 Oct 1942 | 0811 | Cagliari | 5 Oct 1942 | 1248 | Cagliari | 29 | Trials. | ||
16 | Scano, Giacomo | 10 Oct 1942 | 1750 | Cagliari | 19 Oct 1942 | 1440 | Cagliari | 1169 | Patrolled in Western Mediterranean, 50 miles north of Punta Taska, between 37°30'N and 38°00'N, and between 01°40'E and 02°00'E. Early return due to defects. | |
11 Oct 1942 | 0850 | 37° 43'N, 6° 08'E | A German aircraft was seen at 5,000 metres and closed the submarine. They exchanged recognition signals. | |||||||
11 Oct 1942 | 1226 | At 1226 hours, Dandolo was informed that two destroyers had been sighted in 37°45' N, 00°05' E steering 285°. At 1800 hours, she was informed that the two destroyers were now in 37°10' N, 00°45' E steering 090°. Nothing was seen. | ||||||||
11 Oct 1942 | 1825 | An unknown submarine on a westerly course was observed at 10,000 metres. Dandolo started to close but then turned away. | ||||||||
19 Oct 1942 | 0945 | 37° 08'N, 3° 42'E | At 0945 hours, the submarine Mocenigo was encountered and exchanged recognition signals. | |||||||
Scano, Giacomo | 29 Oct 1942 | 0850 | Cagliari | 29 Oct 1942 | 1540 | Cagliari | 54 | Exercises. | ||
Scano, Giacomo | 31 Oct 1942 | 0753 | Cagliari | 31 Oct 1942 | 1055 | Cagliari | 27 | Exercises. | ||
17 | Scano, Giacomo | 7 Nov 1942 | 0248 | Cagliari | 10 Nov 1942 | 1355 | Cagliari | 532 | Patrolled in Western Mediterranean between 37°00'N and 38°00'N, and between 07°00'E and 07°30'E. Early return due to defects. | |
8 Nov 1942 | 0905 | 37° 14'N, 7° 40'E | An unidentified aircraft was seen at 5,000 metres. | |||||||
8 Nov 1942 | 1525 | 37° 16'N, 6° 50'E | Dandolo was at periscope depth when, at 1525 hours, a smoke was sighted on the horizon. She closed to 600 metres and identified the vessel as French and assumed it was Gouverneur Général Lépine (3,509 GRT, built 1923), which was due in Philippeville at 1600 hours (according to the French Calendar no.38). Later, the submarine heard only H.E. and developed defects which forced her to abort her mission. | |||||||
Scano, Giacomo | 12 Nov 1942 | 0700 | Cagliari | 13 Nov 1942 | 0835 | Naples | 299 | Passage Cagliari-Naples. | ||
Scano, Giacomo | 20 Nov 1942 | 0909 | Naples | 20 Nov 1942 | 1355 | Naples | 63 | Trials. | ||
18 | Scano, Giacomo | 21 Nov 1942 | 1609 | Naples | 22 Nov 1942 | 1510 | Cagliari | Sailed for reconnaissance off Djidjelli, Bougie and Philippeville, but diverted to Cagliari due to defects. | ||
18b | Scano, Giacomo | 23 Nov 1942 | 0106 | Cagliari | 5 Dec 1942 | 1025 | Cagliari | 1982 | Sailed for reconnaissance off Djidjelli, Bougie and Philippeville. On 2nd December 1942, ordered to Grids 4388 -0988 (between 37°20'N and 37°40'N and 07°00'E and 07°30'E), following the sinking of HMS Quentin by German bombers. | |
25 Nov 1942 | 2253 | (0) Off Bone. | At 2253 hours, two submarines were observed apparently exchanging recognition signals. Dandolo turned away. | |||||||
26 Nov 1942 | 0132 | 36° 59'N, 5° 42'E | At 0132 hours, two submarine chasers were sighted and the submarine dived two minutes later. | |||||||
27 Nov 1942 | 0600 | 37° 23'N, 7° 23'E | At 0600 hours, two submarine chasers were sighted and the submarine quickly dived. | |||||||
27 Nov 1942 | 2030 | 37° 22'N, 6° 58'E | At 2030 hours, two dark shadows were observed at a distance of 2,000 metres which appeared to be large corvettes proceeding at 9 knots. Dandolo was surfaced and immediately fired a stern torpedo and turned to port, firing a second torpedo. Her gyrocompass was not operating and the helmsman could only use the magnetic compass. No hits were heard and, four minutes later, the submarine dived. | |||||||
29 Nov 1942 | 0525 | (0) Off Philippeville. | At 0525 hours, Dandolo witnessed an air raid on Philippeville. Two minutes later, bombs were observed to fall 2,000 metres away and the submarine prudently dived. | |||||||
2 Dec 1942 | 0329 | 36° 46'N, 7° 58'E | At 0329 hours, a corvette was sighted at 3,000 metres and Dandolo had her torpedo tubes readied but then lost her in a rain squall. | |||||||
4 Dec 1942 | 2239 2329 (e) | 37° 59'N, 8° 10'E | At 2239 hours, a submarine chaser was sighted. Dandolo immediately dived and was shaken by the explosions of six depth-charges which caused some damage. Luckily, the enemy warship did not linger on and left the scene. This was actually the destroyer HMS Eskimo on her way to join the light cruiser HMS Aurora (C.S.12). | |||||||
Scano, Giacomo | 13 Dec 1942 | 0910 | Cagliari | 13 Dec 1942 | 1155 | Cagliari | ? | Trials. | ||
Scano, Giacomo | 16 Dec 1942 | 0940 | Cagliari | 16 Dec 1942 | 1105 | Cagliari | ? | Trials. | ||
19 | Scano, Giacomo | 28 Dec 1942 | 1702 | Cagliari | 2 Jan 1943 | 1245 | Cagliari | 688 | Patrolled between 37°20'N and Algerian coast, 04°00'E and 05°00'E on a patrol line with Giada and Argo, off Bougie. | |
1 Jan 1943 | 0500 | 37° 14'N, 5° 14'E (0) Italian Grid 6852/4. | At 0430 hours, Dandolo observed two dark shadows and closed. At 0500 hours, they were identified as a 10,000-ton merchant vessel escorted by a destroyer on a 134° course. Other shadows were seen at a distance, leading T.V. Scano to believe that they were part of a larger convoy. Four torpedoes were fired from the bow tubes at 2,500 metres. Two hits were heard, but this has not been confirmed. | |||||||
20 | Scano, Giacomo | 4 Jan 1943 | 0430 | Cagliari | 6 Jan 1943 | 0813 | Cagliari | 287 | Patrolled between 37°20'N and 37°40'N, and between 09°20'E and 09°40'E but recalled shortly after arriving in the area. Uneventful. | |
Scano, Giacomo | 11 Jan 1943 | 1249 | Cagliari | 11 Jan 1943 | 1527 | Cagliari | 23 | Exercises. | ||
Scano, Giacomo | 13 Jan 1943 | 0857 | Cagliari | 13 Jan 1943 | 1200 | Cagliari | 21,5 | Exercises. | ||
Scano, Giacomo | 15 Jan 1943 | 1310 | Cagliari | 16 Jan 1943 | 1108 | La Maddalena | 218 | Passage Cagliari-La Maddalena. | ||
21 | Scano, Giacomo | 20 Jan 1943 | 0230 | La Maddalena | 24 Jan 1943 | 1103 | Cagliari | 685 | Patrolled off Cape Bougaroni, between 37°20'N and the Algerian coast, and between 06°00'E and 06°20'E, with Malachite in an adjacent area, | |
21 Jan 1943 | 2011 | 37° 24'N, 6° 05'E | At 2011 hours, Dandolo observed firing in the distance and apparently an aircraft being shot down. She attempted to close and submerged to listen with her hydrophones, but nothing was detected until 0340 hours on the 22nd. | |||||||
22 Jan 1943 | 0349 | 37° 25'N, 6° 06'E | At 0340 hours, a shadow was seen. It proved to be a large merchant vessel escorted by two cruisers and destroyers. Nine minutes later, Dandolo fired four torpedoes at a range of 3,000 metres and heard a hit after one minute and 51 seconds and another five seconds later. This has not been confirmed. The submarine was depth-charged and damaged, but escaped by going down to 120 meters. This was probably convoy K.M.S.7 going to Philippeville (seven ships). | |||||||
Scano, Giacomo | 31 Jan 1943 | 0941 | Cagliari | 1 Feb 1943 | 1135 | Naples | 282,7 | Passage Cagliari-Naples. | ||
Scano, Giacomo | 21 Feb 1943 | 0825 | Naples | 21 Feb 1943 | 1125 | Naples | 26 | Exercises. | ||
Scano, Giacomo | 27 Feb 1943 | 0215 | Naples | 28 Feb 1943 | 0735 | Cagliari | 275,9 | Passage Naples-Cagliari. | ||
Scano, Giacomo | 27 Feb 1943 | 2028 | Cagliari | 28 Feb 1943 | 0950 | Cagliari | 20 | Exercises. | ||
Scano, Giacomo | 1 Mar 1943 | 0942 | Cagliari | 2 Mar 1943 | 0815 | Cagliari | 30,9 | Exercises. | ||
22 | Scano, Giacomo | 2 Mar 1943 | 1645 | Cagliari | 5 Mar 1943 | 0640 | Cagliari | 361,5 | Sailed for patrol via Point D (38°30'N, 09°50'E) and 40°10'N, 11°30'E to an area between 38°20'N and the African coast, and between 04°40'E and 05°20'E (or 06°00'E?) then ordered back. | |
Scano, Giacomo | 5 Mar 1943 | 1700 | Cagliari | 7 Mar 1943 | 0724 | Naples | 281,6 | Passage Cagliari-Naples. | ||
Scano, Giacomo | 13 Mar 1943 | 0816 | Naples | 13 Mar 1943 | 1120 | Naples | 22,8 | Exercises. | ||
Scano, Giacomo | 14 Mar 1943 | 1320 | Naples | 14 Mar 1943 | 1450 | Castellammare di Stabia | 12 | Passage Naples-Castellammare di Stabia. | ||
Scano, Giacomo | 16 Mar 1943 | 0831 | Castellammare di Stabia | 16 Mar 1943 | 1420 | Castellammare di Stabia | 28,2 | Exercises. | ||
Scano, Giacomo | 17 Mar 1943 | 0827 | Castellammare di Stabia | 17 Mar 1943 | 1139 | Castellammare di Stabia | 25 | Exercises. | ||
Scano, Giacomo | 18 Mar 1943 | 0856 | Castellammare di Stabia | 18 Mar 1943 | 1334 | Castellammare di Stabia | 26,5 | Exercises. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 20 Mar 1943 | 0840 | Castellammare di Stabia | 20 Mar 1943 | 1147 | Castellammare di Stabia | 22,2 | Exercises. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 21 Mar 1943 | 0836 | Castellammare di Stabia | 21 Mar 1943 | 1145 | Castellammare di Stabia | 18 | Exercises. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 22 Mar 1943 | 1311 | Castellammare di Stabia | 22 Mar 1943 | 1525 | Castellammare di Stabia | 19,3 | Exercises. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 26 Mar 1943 | 0825 | Castellammare di Stabia | 26 Mar 1943 | 1144 | Castellammare di Stabia | 21,3 | Exercises. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 30 Mar 1943 | 0835 | Castellammare di Stabia | 30 Mar 1943 | 1144 | Castellammare di Stabia | 22,2 | Exercises. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 5 Apr 1943 | 2400 | Naples | 7 Apr 1943 | 0840 | La Maddalena | 249,5 | Passage Naples-La Maddalena. | ||
23 | Turcio, Aldo | 15 Apr 1943 | 1950 | La Maddalena | 4 May 1943 | 0904 | La Maddalena | 1791,5 | Patrolled between 38°00'N and 38°40'N, and between 06°20 and 07°00'E. On 27th April, was ordered to move to area between 38°00'N and 38°40'N, and between 07°00'E and 07°20'E. | |
18 Apr 1943 | 2220 | 38° 38'N, 6° 36'E | At 2220 hours, a German aircraft was sighted. No action was taken. Seven minutes later another two aircraft appeared and Dandolo submerged. | |||||||
26 Apr 1943 | 0408 0310 (e) | 38° 23'N, 6° 26'E (e) 38° 15'N, 5° 52'E | An unknown submarine was seen at a distance of 1,500-2,000 metres, steering 210°. She fired three torpedoes at Dandolo who turned away as two torpedoes passed on the port side and one on the starboard side. Turcio had intended to fire a stern shot, but the smoke emitted by his diesel engines obscured the visibility. This was the Dutch HrMs Dolfijn (Lt. Cdr. H.M.L.F.E. van Oostrom Soede) and she had fired three torpedoes at long range. | |||||||
Turcio, Aldo | 5 May 1943 | 0959 | La Maddalena | 6 May 1943 | 0708 | Naples | 230 | Passage La Maddalena-Naples. | ||
5 May 1943 | 1303 | 40° 57'N, 10° 08'E | At 1303 hours, a periscope was sighted. Dandolo attempted to fire a pair of torpedoes but only one left the tube, the second misfired. Range was 1,000 metres and two explosions were heard after four minutes. T.V. Turcio assumed that his torpedo had exploded at the end of her run and that the enemy submarine had done the same. In fact, no allied submarine operated in the area. | |||||||
Turcio, Aldo | 30 May 1943 | 0030 | Naples | 31 May 1943 | 0630 | La Maddalena | 230 | Passage Naples-La Maddalena. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 1 Jun 1943 | 0500 | La Maddalena | 1 Jun 1943 | 1130 | Ajaccio | Passage La Maddalena-Ajaccio. | |||
Turcio, Aldo | 16 Jun 1943 | 1525 | Ajaccio | 18 Jun 1943 | 0255 | Naples | 302,4 | Passage Ajaccio-Naples. | ||
24 | Turcio, Aldo | 14 Jul 1943 | 1330 | Naples | 18 Jul 1943 | 0730 | Crotone | Patrolled off Augusta (Sicily), operation ZETA. At 2029 hours on the 16th, MARICOSOM ordered her to an area between 36°30'N and 36°50'N, and between 15°07 and 15°50'E. This was countermanded at 2345 on the 16th and she was ordered to Taranto via (1) 37°21'N, 17°00'E. (2) 39°00'N, 28°00? E (sic, should be 17°40'E, this was an error in transcribing the Italian Grid should have been 64 instead of 44) and A.2. At 1045 hours on the 18th, Dandolo was alerted by SUPERMARINA that an enemy submarine was in Grid 4734 (39°00'N, 17°00'E) at 0900 hours on the 18th. | ||
15 Jul 1943 | 2230 | 37° 19'N, 15° 55'E | At 2230 hours, the conning tower of a submarine was seen, this was probably Alagi. Dandolo turned away. | |||||||
16 Jul 1943 | 0116 | 37° 04'N, 16° 02'E | At 0116 hours, a dark object, believed to be a submarine, was observed. This was probably Alagi. Dandolo submerged. | |||||||
16 Jul 1943 | 0307 | 37° 04'N, 16° 02'E (0) Italian Grid 2866/5 | At 0257 hours, a naval squadron was sighted at 5,000 metres. They were believed to be two battleships of the KING GEORGE V class escorted by four destroyers. Ten minutes, later, Dandolo fired a salvo of four torpedoes from her bow tubes at a range of 2,000 metres. Two loud hits were heard. This has not been confirmed. T.V. Turcio had also intended to turn and fire his stern torpedoes, but one of the torpedoes exploded after a run of 500 metres and fearing of being discovered, he took his submarine deep. | |||||||
17 Jul 1943 | 0035 | 37° 15'N, 16° 14'E | An unidentified aircraft was seen and the submarine dived. | |||||||
17 Jul 1943 | 0302 | 37° 02'N, 16° 14'E | An unidentified aircraft was seen and the submarine dived. | |||||||
17 Jul 1943 | 2230 1957 or 2203B (e) | 37° 22'N, 16° 52'E (e) 37° 17'N, 16° 53'E | At 2225 hours, Dandolo was suddenly attacked by an aircraft which appeared from the dark part of the horizon. It dropped four bombs and two depth charges. Two bombs hit the base of the conning tower and two bombs missed the stern, while the two depth-charges, estimated at 200 kg, lodged in the cavity of the counter turret. Luckily, those that hit failed to explode or Dandolo would have been destroyed, but the two depth charges prevented the submarine from diving for fear they would detonate. The aircraft was Wellington 'K' (MP617) of 221 Squadron piloted by Flying Officer W. Lewis. It had sighted a large Italian submarine, estimated at 1,000 tons armed with two guns, one fore and one aft. Lewis decided to attack up moon and approached from the port beam releasing five depth charges from a height of only 50 feet, the last depth charge observed to be exploding under the hull abaft while the rear gunner fired off 100 rounds of his machine gun. After the attack, the bomber remained in the area, observing the submarine still on the surface, circling tightly, smoke and fumes pouring from the conning tower. Lewis attempted to contact surface vessels in the area to home them in, but failed to get an answer. At 0020 hours, the aircraft left the scene. Dandolo abandoned her patrol and, at 2322 hours, informed MARICOSOM of her predicament and that she would be off Cape Colonne at 0600 hours. | |||||||
24b | Turcio, Aldo | 18 Jul 1943 | 2030 | Crotone | 19 Jul 1943 | 0650 | Taranto | 591 | Passage Crotone-Taranto, escorted by the corvette Scimitarra. | |
Turcio, Aldo | 9 Oct 1943 | 1230 | Taranto | 9 Oct 1943 | 1850 | Taranto | 39 | Exercises. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 20 Oct 1943 | 0825 | Taranto | 20 Oct 1943 | 1430 | Taranto | 47 | Exercises. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 25 Oct 1943 | 0732 | Taranto | 25 Oct 1943 | 1255 | Taranto | 31 | Exercises. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 2 Nov 1943 | 1345 | Taranto | 3 Nov 1943 | 1030 | Augusta | 259 | Passage Taranto-Augusta. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 5 Nov 1943 | 1346 | Augusta | 5 Nov 1943 | 1545 | Augusta | 5 | Supplied with water. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 18 Nov 1943 | 0710 | Augusta | 18 Nov 1943 | 0926 | Augusta | 5 | Supplied with water. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 18 Nov 1943 | 1110 | Augusta | 18 Nov 1943 | 1920 | Augusta | 46 | Exercises with the escort destroyer HMS Eggesford. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 22 Nov 1943 | 0920 | Augusta | 22 Nov 1943 | 1026 | Augusta | 3 | Changed anchorage. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 2 Dec 1943 | 0650 | Augusta | 2 Dec 1943 | 1658 | Augusta | 60 | A/S exercises. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 6 Dec 1943 | 0645 | Augusta | 7 Dec 1943 | 1755 | Taranto | 274 | Passage Augusta-Taranto with Giada, Brin, Mameli escorted by the torpedo boats Aliseo, Fortunale, Riboty, Abba, corvette Urania and the trawler HMT Grilse with convoy AH.11. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 14 Dec 1943 | 0930 | Taranto | 14 Dec 1943 | 1037 | Taranto | 0,6 | Docked. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 24 Dec 1943 | 0945 | Taranto | 24 Dec 1943 | 1430 | Taranto | 0,6 | Undocked. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 3 Jan 1944 | 1215 | Taranto | 5 Jan 1944 | 1510 | Pantelleria | 438 | Passage Taranto-Pantelleria with Marea, Mameli, Vortice and Speri escorted by destroyer Grecale. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 6 Jan 1944 | 1450 | Pantelleria | 6 Jan 1944 | 1510 | Pantelleria | 5 | Weather report mission. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 8 Jan 1944 | 0650 | Pantelleria | 9 Jan 1944 | 1905 | Algiers | 461 | Passage Pantelleria-Algiers with Mameli, Marea, Vortice and Speri, escorted by destroyer Grecale. | ||
9 Jan 1944 | 1102 1124 (e) | 36° 47'N, 5° 37'E (e) 37° 21'N, 4° 42'E (0) German Grid CH 9525. | Goffredo Mameli observed an explosion 250-300 metres to starboard side and, shortly after, another about 250 metres to port. The escorting destroyer Grecale signalled that they were under air attack, but these were actually premature explosions from torpedoes fired by U-616 (OL Siegfried Koitschka). The Italians vessels were unaware that they had been under attack from a U-boat and, for security reasons, were diverted to Algiers. | |||||||
Turcio, Aldo | 11 Jan 1944 | 0700 | Algiers | 13 Jan 1944 | 1240 | Gibraltar | 559 | Passage Algiers-Gibraltar. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 27 Jan 1944 | 0700 | Gibraltar | 27 Jan 1944 | 1240 | Gibraltar | 15 | Passage Gibraltar-Bermuda with Marea, Mameli, Vortice and Speri, escorted by the destroyer USS Neunzer (DE-150). They turned back as Tito Speri had engine defects. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 29 Jan 1944 | 0805 | Gibraltar | 13 Feb 1944 | 1543 | Bermuda | 3367 | Passage Gibraltar-Bermuda with Marea, Mameli, Vortice and Speri escorted by the destroyer escort USS Neunzer (DE-150). During the passage, carried out A/S exercises with Neunzer on 7th February. Escorted in by the tug USS Cherokee (AT-66). | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 5 Apr 1944 | 0835 | Port Royal | 5 Apr 1944 | 1840 | Port Royal | 78 | Exercises with the minesweeper USS Despite (AM-89). | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 8 Apr 1944 | 0705 | Port Royal | 8 Apr 1944 | 1845 | Port Royal | 85 | Exercises with the destroyer escort USS Jack W. Wilke (DE-800). | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 9 Apr 1944 | 0652 | Port Royal | 9 Apr 1944 | 1730 | Port Royal | 62 | Exercises. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 13 Apr 1944 | 0653 | Port Royal | 13 Apr 1944 | 1809 | Port Royal | 8 | Exercises. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 14 Apr 1944 | 0630 | Port Royal | 14 Apr 1944 | 1855 | Port Royal | 61 | Exercises with TASK GROUP 23.1. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 20 Apr 1944 | 0705 | Port Royal | 20 Apr 1944 | 1904 | Port Royal | 90 | Exercises. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 21 Apr 1944 | 0630 | Port Royal | 21 Apr 1944 | 1904 | Port Royal | 98 | Exercises with the destroyer escorts USS Mason (DE-529), USS Riley (DE-579) and USS Weeden (DE-797). | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 23 Apr 1944 | 0737 | Port Royal | 23 Apr 1944 | 1755 | Port Royal | 72 | Exercises. Possibly with the destroyer USS Ingraham (DD-694) and Task Group 23.1. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 24 Apr 1944 | 0705 | Port Royal | 24 Apr 1944 | 1713 | St. George | 87 | Exercises. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 27 Apr 1944 | 0712 | Port Royal | 27 Apr 1944 | 1713 | St. George | 66 | Exercises. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 28 Apr 1944 | 0700 | Port Royal | 28 Apr 1944 | 1904 | Port Royal | 87 | Exercises. Possibly with the destroyer USS Ingraham (DD-694) and Task Group 23.1. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 29 Apr 1944 | 0715 | Port Royal | 29 Apr 1944 | 2123 | Port Royal | 93 | Exercises. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 11 May 1944 | 0705 | Port Royal | 11 May 1944 | 1805 | Port Royal | 72 | Exercises. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 13 May 1944 | 0635 | Port Royal | 13 May 1944 | 1820 | Port Royal | 85 | Exercises. Possibly with the destroyer escort USS George A. Johnson (DE-583). | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 14 May 1944 | 0640 | Port Royal | 14 May 1944 | 1710 | Port Royal | 76 | Exercises. Possibly with the destroyer escort USS George A. Johnson (DE-583). | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 15 May 1944 | 0705 | Port Royal | 15 May 1944 | 1850 | Port Royal | 86 | Exercises. Possibly with the destroyer escort USS George A. Johnson (DE-583) and the frigate USS Sandusky (PF-65). | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 16 May 1944 | 0552 | Port Royal | 16 May 1944 | 1735 | Port Royal | 89 | Exercises. Possibly with the destroyer escort USS George A. Johnson (DE-583). | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 17 May 1944 | 0655 | Port Royal | 17 May 1944 | 1750 | Port Royal | 76 | Exercises. Possibly with the destroyer escort USS George A. Johnson (DE-583). | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 18 May 1944 | 0653 | Port Royal | 18 May 1944 | 1902 | Port Royal | 89 | Exercises. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 19 May 1944 | 0600 | Port Royal | 19 May 1944 | 1750 | Port Royal | 100 | Exercises with the destroyers USS Bearss (DD-654), USS Mansfield (DD-728) and USS Brush (DD-745). | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 21 May 1944 | 0650 | Port Royal | 21 May 1944 | 1746 | Port Royal | 84 | Exercises. Possibly with the destroyer escort USS Holton (DE-703). | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 23 May 1944 | 0625 | Port Royal | 23 May 1944 | 1800 | Port Royal | 86 | Exercises. Possibly with the destroyer escort USS Holton (DE-703). | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 24 May 1944 | 0630 | Port Royal | 24 May 1944 | 1746 | Port Royal | 88 | Exercises. Possibly with the destroyer escort USS Holton (DE-703). | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 25 May 1944 | 0550 | Port Royal | 25 May 1944 | 1555 | Port Royal | 75 | Exercises. Possibly with the destroyer escort USS Holton (DE-703). | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 27 May 1944 | 0638 | Port Royal | 27 May 1944 | 1750 | Port Royal | 80 | Exercises. Possibly with the destroyer escort USS Holton (DE-703). | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 31 May 1944 | Time? | Port Royal | 31 May 1944 | Time? | St. George | 17 | Passage Port Royal-St George. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 6 Jun 1944 | 0655 | St. George | 6 Jun 1944 | 1740 | Port Royal | 79 | Exercises. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 7 Jun 1944 | 0650 | Port Royal | 7 Jun 1944 | 1730 | Port Royal | 71 | Exercises. Possibly with the destroyer escort USS Carter (DE-112). | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 8 Jun 1944 | 0640 | Port Royal | 8 Jun 1944 | 1800 | Port Royal | 100 | Exercises with the patrol vessel USS PC-1597. Also possibly also with the destroyer escort USS Carter (DE-112). | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 9 Jun 1944 | 0605 | Port Royal | 9 Jun 1944 | 1705 | Port Royal | 83 | Exercises. Possibly with the destroyer escort USS Carter (DE-112). | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 10 Jun 1944 | 0615 | Port Royal | 10 Jun 1944 | 1753 | Port Royal | 97 | Exercises. Possibly with the destroyer escort USS Carter (DE-112). | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 11 Jun 1944 | 0630 | Port Royal | 11 Jun 1944 | 1753 | Port Royal | 21 | Exercises with the destroyers USS Charles S. Sperry (DD-697), USS Collett (DD-730) and USS Taussig (DD-746). | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 12 Jun 1944 | 0710 | Port Royal | 12 Jun 1944 | 1900 | Port Royal | 90 | Exercises. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 13 Jun 1944 | 0555 | Port Royal | 13 Jun 1944 | 1709 | Port Royal | 80 | Exercises with the destroyer escorts USS Oberrender (DE-344), USS Lawrence C. Taylor (DE-415) and the destroyer USS Taussig (DD-746), but the latter had to opt out due to a defective sonar. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 14 Jun 1944 | 0652 | Port Royal | 14 Jun 1944 | 1740 | Port Royal | 71 | Exercises. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 15 Jun 1944 | 0647 | Port Royal | 15 Jun 1944 | 1845 | Port Royal | 98 | Exercises. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 16 Jun 1944 | 0645 | Port Royal | 16 Jun 1944 | 1720 | St. George | 65 | Exercises. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 18 Jun 1944 | 0730 | St. George | 18 Jun 1944 | 1748 | Port Royal | 65 | Exercises. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 19 Jun 1944 | 0640 | Port Royal | 19 Jun 1944 | 1940 | Port Royal | 98 | Exercises. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 20 Jun 1944 | 0628 | Port Royal | 20 Jun 1944 | 1850 | Port Royal | 95 | Exercises. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 21 Jun 1944 | 0810 | Port Royal | 21 Jun 1944 | 1000 | St. George | 17 | Passage Port Royal-St George. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 27 Jun 1944 | 0810 | St. George | 27 Jun 1944 | 1000 | Port Royal | 17 | Passage St George-Port Royal. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 1 Jul 1944 | 0649 | Port Royal | 1 Jul 1944 | 1805 | Port Royal | 70 | Exercises. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 3 Jul 1944 | 0835 | Port Royal | 3 Jul 1944 | 1045 | St. George | 17 | Passage Port Royal-St George. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 8 Jul 1944 | 0605 | Port Royal | 8 Jul 1944 | 0903 | St. George | 17 | Passage St George-Port Royal. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 30 Jul 1944 | 1232 | St. George | 30 Jul 1944 | 1340 | St. George | 9 | Trials. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 31 Jul 1944 | 0605 | St. George | 31 Jul 1944 | 1715 | St. George | 74 | Exercises. Possibly with the destroyer escort USS Willis (DE-395), USS Janssen (DE-396) and USS Wilhoite (DE-397) from the USS Bogue (CVE-9) group. Possibly other ships from this group were also involved. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 1 Aug 1944 | 0635 | Port Royal | 1 Aug 1944 | 1715 | Port Royal | 84 | Exercises with the destroyer USS Haynsworth (DD-700) and the destroyer escort USS Maurice J. Manuel (DE-351). | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 2 Aug 1944 | 0640 | Port Royal | 2 Aug 1944 | 1720 | Port Royal | 72 | Exercises. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 3 Aug 1944 | 0530 | Port Royal | 3 Aug 1944 | 1705 | Port Royal | 107 | Exercises. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 6 Aug 1944 | 0638 | Port Royal | 6 Aug 1944 | 1748 | Port Royal | 77 | Exercises. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 9 Aug 1944 | 0635 | Port Royal | 9 Aug 1944 | 1535 | Port Royal | 66 | Exercises. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 12 Aug 1944 | 0635 | Port Royal | 12 Aug 1944 | 1630 | Port Royal | 69 | Exercises with the destroyers USS Ault (DD-698), USS Haynsworth (DD-700) and the destroyer escort USS Moore (DE-240). | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 13 Aug 1944 | 0625 | Port Royal | 13 Aug 1944 | 1815 | Port Royal | 90 | Exercises with the destroyers USS Waldron (DD-699) and USS Mannert L. Abele (DD-733). | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 14 Aug 1944 | 0605 | Port Royal | 14 Aug 1944 | 1640 | Port Royal | 81 | Exercises with the destroyer escorts USS Doyle C. Barnes (DE-353) and USS Silverstein (DE-534). | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 16 Aug 1944 | 0610 | Port Royal | 16 Aug 1944 | 1740 | Port Royal | 84 | Exercises. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 17 Aug 1944 | 0625 | Port Royal | 17 Aug 1944 | 1820 | Port Royal | 86 | Exercises. Possibly with the destroyer escort USS Ulvert M. Moore (DE-442). | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 18 Aug 1944 | 0642 | Port Royal | 18 Aug 1944 | 1800 | Port Royal | 103 | Exercises. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 19 Aug 1944 | 0630 | Port Royal | 19 Aug 1944 | 1717 | Port Royal | 82 | Exercises. Possibly with the destroyer escort USS Ulvert M. Moore (DE-442). | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 20 Aug 1944 | 0632 | Port Royal | 20 Aug 1944 | 1835 | Port Royal | 98 | Exercises. Possibly with the destroyer escort USS Ulvert M. Moore (DE-442). | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 23 Aug 1944 | 0625 | Port Royal | 23 Aug 1944 | 1445 | Port Royal | 64 | Exercises. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 24 Aug 1944 | 0635 | Port Royal | 24 Aug 1944 | 1750 | Port Royal | 85 | Exercises with the destroyer USS Haynsworth (DD-700). | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 25 Aug 1944 | 0620 | Port Royal | 25 Aug 1944 | 1700 | Port Royal | 80 | Exercises. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 26 Aug 1944 | 0810 | Port Royal | 26 Aug 1944 | 0945 | St. George | 17 | Passage Port Royal-St George. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 31 Aug 1944 | 0755 | St. George | 31 Aug 1944 | 1728 | Port Royal | 80 | Passage St George-Port Royal. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 1 Sep 1944 | 0636 | Port Royal | 1 Sep 1944 | 1700 | Port Royal | 79 | Exercises. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 2 Sep 1944 | 0635 | Port Royal | 2 Sep 1944 | 1630 | Port Royal | 77 | Exercises with the destroyers USS Waldron (DD-699) and USS Mannert L. Abele (DD-733). | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 3 Sep 1944 | 0630 | Port Royal | 3 Sep 1944 | 1815 | Port Royal | 83 | Exercises with the destroyer USS Van Valkenburgh (DD-656). | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 4 Sep 1944 | 0630 | Port Royal | 4 Sep 1944 | 1725 | Port Royal | 74 | Exercises with the destroyers USS Waldron (DD-699) and USS Mannert L. Abele (DD-733). | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 6 Sep 1944 | 0620 | Port Royal | 6 Sep 1944 | 1700 | Port Royal | 77 | Exercises. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 7 Sep 1944 | 0720 | Port Royal | 7 Sep 1944 | 1825 | Port Royal | 100 | Exercises with the destroyers USS Purdy (DD-734) and USS Harry E. Hubbard (DD-748). | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 8 Sep 1944 | 0635 | Port Royal | 8 Sep 1944 | 1727 | Port Royal | 86 | Exercises with the destroyers USS Van Valkenburgh (DD-656) and USS John W. Weeks (DD-701). | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 9 Sep 1944 | 0630 | Port Royal | 9 Sep 1944 | 1709 | Port Royal | 82 | Exercises with the destroyer USS Harry E. Hubbard (DD-748). A hurricane was anticipated in the next days. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 10 Sep 1944 | 0640 | Port Royal | 10 Sep 1944 | 1700 | Port Royal | 69 | Exercises. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 11 Sep 1944 | 1840 | Port Royal | 11 Sep 1944 | 1920 | Port Royal | 3 | Changed anchorage. A hurricane was coming from the south. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 12 Sep 1944 | 1920 | Port Royal | 12 Sep 1944 | 1940 | Port Royal | 3 | Changed anchorage. CVE exercises were cancelled. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 13 Sep 1944 | 0628 | Port Royal | 13 Sep 1944 | 1805 | Port Royal | 78 | Exercises. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 14 Sep 1944 | 0635 | Port Royal | 14 Sep 1944 | 1750 | Port Royal | 78 | Exercises with the destroyer escorts USS Lloyd E. Acree (DE-356) and USS Kendall C. Campbell (DE-443). | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 16 Sep 1944 | 0640 | Port Royal | 16 Sep 1944 | 1750 | Port Royal | 100 | Exercises. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 17 Sep 1944 | 1250 | Port Royal | 17 Sep 1944 | 1815 | Port Royal | 2 | Changed anchorage. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 19 Sep 1944 | 0640 | Port Royal | 19 Sep 1944 | 1615 | Port Royal | 75 | Exercises. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 21 Sep 1944 | 0700 | Port Royal | 21 Sep 1944 | 1725 | Port Royal | 73 | Exercises. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 23 Sep 1944 | 0647 | Port Royal | 23 Sep 1944 | 1740 | Port Royal | 74 | Exercises. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 25 Sep 1944 | 0630 | Port Royal | 25 Sep 1944 | 1841 | Port Royal | 86 | Exercises with the destroyer escorts USS Woodson (DE-359) and USS Bray (DE-709). | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 26 Sep 1944 | 0700 | Port Royal | 26 Sep 1944 | 1755 | Port Royal | 84 | Exercises. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 4 Oct 1944 | 0712 | Port Royal | 4 Oct 1944 | 1855 | Port Royal | 86 | Exercises. Possibly with the destroyer escort USS Johnnie Hutchins (DE-360). | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 5 Oct 1944 | 0710 | Port Royal | 5 Oct 1944 | 2020 | Port Royal | 104 | Exercises. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 6 Oct 1944 | 0745 | Port Royal | 6 Oct 1944 | 1430 | Port Royal | 65 | Exercises. | ||
Turcio, Aldo | 13 Oct 1944 | 1602 | Port Royal | 17 Oct 1944 | 0820 | Portsmouth (N.H.) | 795 | Passage Port Royal-Portsmouth (N.H.) for major refit. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 1 Jan 1945 | date??? | Bermuda | 1 Jan 1945 | date??? | New London (Conn.) | Passage Bermuda-New London (Conn.). | |||
Monteleoni, Leone | 25 Jan 1945 | 1730 | Portsmouth (NH) | 27 Jan 1945 | 0850 | New London (CT) | 180 | Passage Portsmouth (NH)-New London (CT) escorted by the destroyer escort USS George W. Ingram (DE-62). | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 16 Feb 1945 | 1320 | New London (CT) | 16 Feb 1945 | 1945 | New London (CT) | 30 | Trials. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 17 Feb 1945 | 1415 | New London (CT) | 17 Feb 1945 | 1450 | New London (CT) | 0,5 | Changed anchorage. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 24 Feb 1945 | 0356 | New London (CT) | 24 Feb 1945 | 0155 | New London (CT) | 195 | Exercises. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 26 Feb 1945 | 1027 | New London (CT) | 26 Feb 1945 | 1130 | New London (CT) | 0,5 | Changed anchorage. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 2 Mar 1945 | 0500 | New London (CT) | 3 Mar 1945 | 1610 | New London (CT) | 104 | Exercises with the destroyer escorts USS Thornhill (DE-195), USS Cates (DE-763), USS Gandy (DE-764) and USS Earl K. Olsen (DE-765). On 3 March, USS Gandy escorted Dandolo, towed by a tug, when her steering failed. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 17 Mar 1945 | 0500 | New London (CT) | 23 Mar 1945 | 1610 | Guantanamo (Cuba) | 1508 | Passage New London (CT)-Guantanamo (Cuba) escorted by minesweeper USS Eager (AM-224). | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 1 Apr 1945 | 0718 | Guantanamo | 1 Apr 1945 | 1434 | Guantanamo | 44 | Exercises. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 2 Apr 1945 | 0713 | Guantanamo | 2 Apr 1945 | 1502 | Guantanamo | 30 | Exercises. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 3 Apr 1945 | 0715 | Guantanamo | 3 Apr 1945 | 1458 | Guantanamo | 30 | Exercises. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 4 Apr 1945 | 0716 | Guantanamo | 4 Apr 1945 | 1710 | Guantanamo | 53 | Exercises with the destroyer USS Henry W. Tucker (DD-875). | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 6 Apr 1945 | 0712 | Guantanamo | 6 Apr 1945 | 1652 | Guantanamo | 43 | Exercises. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 8 Apr 1945 | 0648 | Guantanamo | 8 Apr 1945 | 1510 | Guantanamo | 414 | Exercises with the escort carrier USS Core (CVE-13) and CortDiv 7 (Escort Division 7). | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 14 Apr 1945 | 0725 | Guantanamo | 14 Apr 1945 | 1500 | Guantanamo | 29 | Exercises. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 18 Apr 1945 | 0735 | Guantanamo | 18 Apr 1945 | 1548 | Guantanamo | 31 | Exercises. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 20 Apr 1945 | 0715 | Guantanamo | 20 Apr 1945 | 1221 | Guantanamo | 37 | Exercises. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 21 Apr 1945 | 0720 | Guantanamo | 21 Apr 1945 | 1620 | Guantanamo | 52 | Exercises. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 29 Apr 1945 | 0716 | Guantanamo | 29 Apr 1945 | 1630 | Guantanamo | 38 | Exercises. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 1 May 1945 | 0720 | Guantanamo | 1 May 1945 | 1545 | Guantanamo | 43 | Exercises with high-speed transport USS Myers (APD-105, ex DE-595). | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 2 May 1945 | 0718 | Guantanamo | 2 May 1945 | 1614 | Guantanamo | 40 | Exercises. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 3 May 1945 | 0740 | Guantanamo | 3 May 1945 | 1445 | Guantanamo | 40 | Exercises. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 9 May 1945 | 0915 | Guantanamo | 9 May 1945 | 1805 | Guantanamo | 40 | Exercises. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 10 May 1945 | 0645 | Guantanamo | 10 May 1945 | 1450 | Guantanamo | 39 | Exercises. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 15 May 1945 | 0625 | Guantanamo | 15 May 1945 | 1550 | Guantanamo | 45 | Exercises with the destroyer USS Vesole (DD-878). and the minesweeper USS Quail (AM-377). Quail reported scoring thirteen hits in twenty-two runs with hedgehogs, | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 16 May 1945 | 0701 | Guantanamo | 16 May 1945 | 1015 | Guantanamo | 27 | Exercises. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 18 May 1945 | 0625 | Guantanamo | 18 May 1945 | 1528 | Guantanamo | 38 | Exercises. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 19 May 1945 | 0635 | Guantanamo | 19 May 1945 | 1400 | Guantanamo | 38 | Exercises with the destroyer USS Beatty (DD-756). | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 27 May 1945 | 0620 | Guantanamo | 27 May 1945 | 1020 | Guantanamo | 22 | Exercises. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 28 May 1945 | 0640 | Guantanamo | 28 May 1945 | 1455 | Guantanamo | 38 | Exercises. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 29 May 1945 | 0633 | Guantanamo | 29 May 1945 | 1440 | Guantanamo | 39 | Exercises with the destroyer USS Gearing (DD-710) and the high speed transport USS Joseph M. Auman ( (APD-117). | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 30 May 1945 | 0638 | Guantanamo | 30 May 1945 | 1506 | Guantanamo | 40 | Exercises. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 3 Jun 1945 | 0650 | Guantanamo | 3 Jun 1945 | 1506 | Guantanamo | 40 | Exercises. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 5 Jun 1945 | 0643 | Guantanamo | 5 Jun 1945 | 1425 | Guantanamo | 30 | Exercises. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 6 Jun 1945 | 0659 | Guantanamo | 6 Jun 1945 | 1541 | Guantanamo | 40 | Exercises. Possibly exercised with the destroyer escort USS Ramsden (DE-382). | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 11 Jun 1945 | 0700 | Guantanamo | 11 Jun 1945 | 1720 | Guantanamo | 60 | Exercises. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 13 Jun 1945 | 1035 | Guantanamo | 13 Jun 1945 | 1745 | Guantanamo | 38 | Exercises. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 15 Jun 1945 | 0810 | Guantanamo | 15 Jun 1945 | 1605 | Guantanamo | 40 | Exercises. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 18 Jun 1945 | 0827 | Guantanamo | 18 Jun 1945 | 1640 | Guantanamo | 34 | Exercises with the destroyer escort USS Burrows (DE-105). | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 3 Jul 1945 | 1015 | Guantanamo | 3 Jul 1945 | 1735 | Guantanamo | 37 | Exercises. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 4 Jul 1945 | 0655 | Guantanamo | 4 Jul 1945 | 1443 | Guantanamo | 42 | Exercises with the destroyer escorts USS Herbert C. Jones (DE-137) and USS J.R.Y. Blakely (DE-140) of CortDiv 9 (Escort Division 9). | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 5 Jul 1945 | 0640 | Guantanamo | 5 Jul 1945 | 1410 | Guantanamo | 30 | Exercises. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 6 Jul 1945 | 0640 | Guantanamo | 6 Jul 1945 | 1125 | Guantanamo | 23 | Exercises. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 8 Jul 1945 | 0715 | Guantanamo | 8 Jul 1945 | 1400 | Guantanamo | 33 | Exercises with the destroyer escorts USS Inch (DE-146) and USS Snowden (DE-246). | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 10 Jul 1945 | 0638 | Guantanamo | 10 Jul 1945 | 1512 | Guantanamo | 36 | Exercises. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 12 Jul 1945 | 0710 | Guantanamo | 12 Jul 1945 | 1355 | Guantanamo | 45 | Exercises with the destroyer escorts USS Stanton (DE-247) and USS Swasey (DE-248). | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 13 Jul 1945 | 0639 | Guantanamo | 13 Jul 1945 | 1424 | Guantanamo | 38 | Exercises. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 14 Jul 1945 | 0625 | Guantanamo | 14 Jul 1945 | 1008 | Guantanamo | 26 | Exercises. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 16 Jul 1945 | 0650 | Guantanamo | 16 Jul 1945 | 1245 | Guantanamo | 35 | Exercises with the destroyers USS Steinaker (DD-863) and USS Bordelon (DD-881). | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 17 Jul 1945 | 0650 | Guantanamo | 17 Jul 1945 | 1245 | Guantanamo | 27 | Exercises. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 19 Jul 1945 | 1238 | Guantanamo | 19 Jul 1945 | 1744 | Guantanamo | 24 | Exercises. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 21 Jul 1945 | 0645 | Guantanamo | 21 Jul 1945 | 1500 | Guantanamo | 38 | Exercises. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 22 Jul 1945 | 0635 | Guantanamo | 22 Jul 1945 | 1439 | Guantanamo | 37 | Exercises. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 23 Jul 1945 | 0638 | Guantanamo | 23 Jul 1945 | 1410 | Guantanamo | 29 | Exercises. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 23 Jul 1945 | 0638 | Guantanamo | 23 Jul 1945 | 1410 | Guantanamo | 29 | Exercises. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 26 Jul 1945 | 0645 | Guantanamo | 26 Jul 1945 | 1350 | Guantanamo | 29 | Exercises. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 27 Jul 1945 | 0635 | Guantanamo | 27 Jul 1945 | 1405 | Guantanamo | 37 | Exercises. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 28 Jul 1945 | 0635 | Guantanamo | 28 Jul 1945 | 1500 | Guantanamo | 32 | Exercises. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 29 Jul 1945 | 1150 | Guantanamo | 29 Jul 1945 | 1745 | Guantanamo | 24 | Exercises. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 30 Jul 1945 | 0935 | Guantanamo | 30 Jul 1945 | 1650 | Guantanamo | 30 | Exercises. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 12 Aug 1945 | 0640 | Guantanamo | 12 Aug 1945 | 1430 | Guantanamo | 31 | Exercises. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 14 Aug 1945 | 0640 | Guantanamo | 14 Aug 1945 | 1420 | Guantanamo | 32 | Exercises. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 19 Aug 1945 | 0640 | Guantanamo | 19 Aug 1945 | 1445 | Guantanamo | 31 | Exercises. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 21 Aug 1945 | 0645 | Guantanamo | 21 Aug 1945 | 1420 | Guantanamo | 30 | Exercises. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 23 Aug 1945 | 0730 | Guantanamo | 23 Aug 1945 | 1450 | Guantanamo | 31 | Exercises. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 24 Aug 1945 | 0630 | Guantanamo | 24 Aug 1945 | 1345 | Guantanamo | 32 | Exercises. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 26 Aug 1945 | 0730 | Guantanamo | 26 Aug 1945 | 1640 | Guantanamo | 42 | Exercises with the destroyer USS Selfridge (DD-357) and the high speed transport USS Cread (APD-88). | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 27 Aug 1945 | 0800 | Guantanamo | 27 Aug 1945 | 1500 | Guantanamo | 30 | Exercises. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 24 Sep 1945 | 1320 | Guantanamo | 30 Sep 1945 | 0800 | Guantanamo | 994,5 | Passage Guantanamo-Port Royal with Atropo and Speri, escorted by the patrol vessel USS PC-1192. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 5 Oct 1945 | 1240 | Port Royal | 16 Oct 1945 | 0950 | Ponto Delgada | 1955 | Passage Port Royal-Ponto Delgada with Onice, Atropo, Speri, Vortice, Marea and Da Procida, escorted by the salvage vessel USS Chain (ARS-20). At 1607 hours on 5th September, she ran aground on a shoal in the narrow channel. Towed away by Chain (ARS-20) at 1840 hours on the same day. Bermuda records them leaving on 4th October. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 21 Oct 1945 | 1210 | Ponto Delgada | 26 Oct 1945 | 0725 | Gibraltar | 1002 | Passage Ponto Delgada-Gibraltar. | ||
Monteleoni, Leone | 28 Oct 1945 | 1310 | Gibraltar | 3 Nov 1945 | 1045 | Taranto | 1310,5 | Passage Gibraltar-Taranto with Da Procida, Onice, Atropo, Speri, Vortice and Marea, escorted by USS Chain (ARS-20). Met off Taranto by Italian torpedo boats Libra (LB), Ariete (AE) and Cassiopea (CS). |
355 entries. 298 total patrol entries (24 marked as war patrols) and 82 events.