H 2 (H2)
H 2

Type	Coastal
Class	H (19)
Laid down	31 May 1916	Canadian Vickers, Montreal
Launched	19 Oct 1916
Commissioned	15 Dec 1916
End service
Stricken
Loss date
Loss position
History	Stricken on 23rd March 1947.
Fate

Commands

Commander	Date from	Date to	Command notes
T.V. Loris Albanese	25 Apr 1940	30 Jun 1940
T.V. Alberto Galeazzi	1 Jul 1940	16 Sep 1940
T.V. Gaetano Iaccarino	20 Oct 1940	6 Mar 1941
T.V. Giovanni Cunsolo	7 Mar 1941	3 Apr 1941
T.V. Gaetano Iaccarino	4 Apr 1941	28 May 1941
T.V. Giovanni Celeste	29 May 1941	31 Dec 1941
T.V. Enrico Lesen d'Aston	1 Jan 1942	11 Feb 1942
T.V. Renzo Fossati	12 Feb 1942	8 Mar 1942
T.V. Antonio Canezza	9 Mar 1942	17 Nov 1943
T.G.N. Alfredo Bianco	18 Nov 1943	10 Dec 1943
T.V. Enrico Beverini	11 Dec 1943	10 May 1945
T.V. Alberto Volterri	11 May 1945	Aug 1945

Ships hit

No ships hit by this submarine.

Patrols and events

	Commander	Date	Time	Port	Arr. date	Arr. time	Arr. port	Miles	Description
	Albanese, Loris	10 Jun 1940		La Spezia	10 Jun 1940		La Spezia		At La Spezia. T.V. Albanese was responsible only, he had the command of H.4.
	Albanese, Loris	26 Jun 1940	0800	La Spezia	26 Jun 1940	1430	La Spezia	45	Exercises.
	Albanese, Loris	28 Jun 1940	1500	La Spezia	28 Jun 1940	1700	La Spezia	4	Exercises.
	Albanese, Loris	29 Jun 1940	0830	La Spezia	29 Jun 1940	1100	La Spezia	4	Exercises.
1	Galeazzi, Alberto	9 Jul 1940	2200	La Spezia	14 Jul 1940	0700	La Spezia	327	Patrolled 110° - Cape Noli - 30 miles.
	Galeazzi, Alberto	25 Jul 1940	0545	La Spezia	25 Jul 1940	1020	La Spezia	26,5	Exercises.
	Galeazzi, Alberto	30 Jul 1940	0600	La Spezia	30 Jul 1940	1430	La Spezia	71	Exercises.
	Galeazzi, Alberto	3 Aug 1940	0645	La Spezia	3 Aug 1940	1330	La Spezia	25	Exercises.
2	Galeazzi, Alberto	6 Aug 1940	1500	La Spezia	10 Aug 1940	0800	La Spezia	399	Defensive patrol in Ligurian Gulf. Uneventful.
	Galeazzi, Alberto	28 Aug 1940	0800	La Spezia	28 Aug 1940	1630	La Spezia	55	Exercises.
	Galeazzi, Alberto	6 Sep 1940	1230	La Spezia	6 Sep 1940	1755	La Spezia	21	Exercises.
	Galeazzi, Alberto	12 Sep 1940	1245	La Spezia	12 Sep 1940	1750	La Spezia	21	Exercises.
	Iaccarino, Gaetano	24 Oct 1940	0800	La Spezia	24 Oct 1940	1700	La Spezia	25	Exercises.
	Iaccarino, Gaetano	25 Oct 1940	1255	La Spezia	25 Oct 1940	1727	La Spezia	26	Escorted submarine Velella.
	Iaccarino, Gaetano	6 Nov 1940	0900	La Spezia	6 Nov 1940	1400	La Spezia	22,5	Exercises.
	Iaccarino, Gaetano	16 Nov 1940	2110	La Spezia	16 Nov 1940	2255	La Spezia	6	Trials.
3	Iaccarino, Gaetano	19 Nov 1940	1130	La Spezia	20 Nov 1940	1035	La Spezia	57	Defensive patrol in 260° - Tino Lt - 14 miles. Uneventful.
	Iaccarino, Gaetano	21 Nov 1940	0930	La Spezia	21 Nov 1940	1700	La Spezia	13	Trials.
	Iaccarino, Gaetano	23 Nov 1940	1400	La Spezia	23 Nov 1940	1700	La Spezia	17	Trials.
	Iaccarino, Gaetano	27 Nov 1940	1034	La Spezia	28 Nov 1940	1035	Civitavecchia	212	Passage La Spezia-Brindisi with the submarine H.8, but then ordered to Civitavecchia.
	Iaccarino, Gaetano	29 Nov 1940	1930	Civitavecchia	30 Nov 1940	0125	Civitavecchia	29	Exercises.
	Iaccarino, Gaetano	3 Dec 1940	1800	Civitavecchia	3 Dec 1940	2145	Civitavecchia	20	Passage Civitavecchia-Brindisi with the submarine H.8, but turned back because of foul weather.
	Iaccarino, Gaetano	4 Dec 1940	2007	Civitavecchia	6 Dec 1940	1130	Messina	323	Passage Civitavecchia-Messina.
	Iaccarino, Gaetano	14 Dec 1940	1020	Messina	15 Dec 1940	1058	Naples	209	Passage Messina-Naples.
	Iaccarino, Gaetano	16 Dec 1940		Naples	16 Dec 1940		Naples		At Naples, damaged by a fire in the battery at 0200 hours on the 16th.
	Iaccarino, Gaetano	21 Jan 1941	1300	Naples	21 Jan 1941	1800	Naples	32	Trials.
	Iaccarino, Gaetano	28 Jan 1941	1545	Naples	30 Jan 1941	1645	Taranto	445	Passage Naples-Taranto.
	Iaccarino, Gaetano	28 Jan 1941	1600	Naples	30 Jan 1941	1600	Taranto	445	Passage Naples-Taranto with the submarine H.8.
	Iaccarino, Gaetano	9 Feb 1941	1000	Taranto	9 Feb 1941	1640	Gallipoli	59	Passage Taranto-Gallipoli.
	Iaccarino, Gaetano	20 Feb 1941	1510	Gallipoli	20 Feb 1941	1615	Gallipoli	6	Hydrophone patrol but turned back because of heavy seas.
	Iaccarino, Gaetano	21 Feb 1941	1600	Gallipoli	21 Feb 1941	1700	Gallipoli	6	Patrol or exercises?
4	Iaccarino, Gaetano	22 Feb 1941	0000	Gallipoli	22 Feb 1941	0235	Gallipoli		Defensive patrol in 39°29'N, 17°25'E, following a report of a battleship off Cephalonia but turned back early because of the bad weather.
4b	Iaccarino, Gaetano	22 Feb 1941	1635	Gallipoli	22 Feb 1941	1835	Gallipoli	6	Sailed again for the patrol, but turned back once more due to the weather.
5	Iaccarino, Gaetano	24 Feb 1941	1520	Gallipoli	24 Feb 1941	2320	Gallipoli	55	Hydrophone watch in 39°29'N, 17°45'40'E, but forced back because of the bad weather.
	Iaccarino, Gaetano	2 Mar 1941	1220	Gallipoli	2 Mar 1941	1730	Taranto	59	Passage Gallipoli-Taranto.
6	Iaccarino, Gaetano	3 Mar 1941	1450	Taranto	3 Mar 1941	2230	Taranto	49	Sailed, escorted by MAS 441, for experimental hydrophone watch.
7	Cunsolo, Giovanni	7 Mar 1941	2000	Taranto	8 Mar 1941	1045	Taranto	96	Hydrophone Watch in Gulf of Taranto. Uneventful.
	Cunsolo, Giovanni	11 Mar 1941	0800	Taranto	11 Mar 1941	1545	Taranto	30	Trials with the submarine Tito Speri, escorted by the minesweeper R.D.13.
8	Cunsolo, Giovanni	14 Mar 1941	1800	Taranto	15 Mar 1941	1015	Taranto	101	Hydrophone Watch in Gulf of Taranto. Uneventful.
	Cunsolo, Giovanni	22 Mar 1941	1100	Taranto	22 Mar 1941	1859	Taranto	54	Exercises, escorted by the torpedo boat Canopo.
	Cunsolo, Giovanni	24 Mar 1941	0800	Taranto	24 Mar 1941	1649	Taranto	29	Exercises with the torpedo boat San Martino.
9	Cunsolo, Giovanni	26 Mar 1941	1730	Taranto	27 Mar 1941	1000	Taranto	94	A/S Hydrophone watch, then refit.
	Iaccarino, Gaetano	20 May 1941	0730	Taranto	20 May 1941	1330	Taranto	22,5	Trials with the pilot vessel Limbara.
	Iaccarino, Gaetano	24 May 1941	0735	Taranto	24 May 1941	1207	Taranto	30,5	Trials, escorted by the pilot vessel Limbara.
	Celeste, Giovanni	29 May 1941	0800	Taranto	29 May 1941	1130	Taranto	32	Exercises with the pilot vessel Limbara.
	Celeste, Giovanni	3 Jun 1941	0800	Taranto	3 Jun 1941	1515	Taranto	22,5	Exercises.
10	Celeste, Giovanni	13 Jun 1941	2200	Taranto	14 Jun 1941	1020	Taranto	98	Hydrophone Watch in Gulf of Taranto. Uneventful.
11	Celeste, Giovanni	14 Jun 1941	2100	Taranto	15 Jun 1941	1030	Taranto	100	Hydrophone watch.
	Celeste, Giovanni	16 Jun 1941	0900	Taranto	16 Jun 1941	1457	Taranto	97	Exercises with the submarine Corridoni, escorted by the pilot vessel Limbara.
	Celeste, Giovanni	17 Jun 1941	0835	Taranto	17 Jun 1941	1312	Taranto	28,5	Exercises in Gulf of Taranto with the submarines H.8 and Corridoni and the torpedo boat Aretusa.
	Celeste, Giovanni	26 Jun 1941	0600	Taranto	26 Jun 1941	1357	Taranto	35	Exercises, escorted by the pilot vessel Limbara.
	Celeste, Giovanni	1 Jul 1941	0800	Taranto	1 Jul 1941	1435	Taranto	32	Exercises.
	Celeste, Giovanni	16 Jul 1941	0815	Taranto	16 Jul 1941	1600	Taranto	36,5	Exercises.
	Celeste, Giovanni	18 Jul 1941	0423	Taranto	18 Jul 1941	1715	Taranto	72	Exercises with the torpedo boat San Martino.
12	Celeste, Giovanni	25 Jul 1941	2115	Taranto	26 Jul 1941	1045	Taranto	100	Hydrophone Watch in Gulf of Taranto. Uneventful.
	Celeste, Giovanni	28 Jul 1941	0924	Taranto	28 Jul 1941	1304	Taranto	27	Exercises.
13	Celeste, Giovanni	5 Aug 1941	1100	Taranto	6 Aug 1941	0545	Taranto	104,5	Hydrophone Watch in Gulf of Taranto. Uneventful.
14	Celeste, Giovanni	7 Aug 1941	2100	Taranto	8 Aug 1941	1240	Taranto	98	Hydrophone Watch in Gulf of Taranto. Uneventful.
15	Celeste, Giovanni	10 Aug 1941	2100	Taranto	11 Aug 1941	1015	Taranto	96	Hydrophone Watch in Gulf of Taranto. Uneventful.
16	Celeste, Giovanni	18 Aug 1941	2200	Taranto	19 Aug 1941	1200	Taranto	99	Hydrophone Watch in Gulf of Taranto. Uneventful.
17	Celeste, Giovanni	19 Aug 1941	2245	Taranto	20 Aug 1941	1030	Taranto	94	Hydrophone Watch in Gulf of Taranto. Uneventful.
18	Celeste, Giovanni	24 Aug 1941	2110	Taranto	25 Aug 1941	1210	Taranto	100	Hydrophone Watch. Uneventful.
	Celeste, Giovanni	29 Aug 1941	0647	Taranto	29 Aug 1941	0926	Taranto	8,5	Exercises.
19	Celeste, Giovanni	7 Sep 1941	2100	Taranto	8 Sep 1941	1112	Taranto	96	Hydrophone Watch in Gulf of Taranto. Uneventful.
20	Celeste, Giovanni	8 Sep 1941	2103	Taranto	9 Sep 1941	1300	Taranto	95	Hydrophone Watch in Gulf of Taranto. Uneventful.
21	Celeste, Giovanni	14 Sep 1941	2105	Taranto	15 Sep 1941	1250	Taranto	100,5	Hydrophone Watch in Gulf of Taranto. Uneventful.
22	Celeste, Giovanni	16 Sep 1941	2146	Taranto	17 Sep 1941	1325	Taranto	98,5	Hydrophone Watch in Gulf of Taranto. Uneventful.
23	Celeste, Giovanni	17 Sep 1941	2115	Taranto	18 Sep 1941	1340	Taranto	98	Hydrophone Watch in Gulf of Taranto. Uneventful.
	Celeste, Giovanni	20 Sep 1941	0700	Taranto	20 Sep 1941	0932	Taranto	6	Exercises.
	Celeste, Giovanni	21 Sep 1941	0700	Taranto	21 Sep 1941	2013	Taranto	93,5	Hydrophone trials and exercises in 40°00'N, 17°33'E with the sloop Diana.
24	Celeste, Giovanni	23 Sep 1941	2130	Taranto	24 Sep 1941	1105	Taranto	98	Hydrophone Watch in Gulf of Taranto. Uneventful.
	Celeste, Giovanni	25 Sep 1941	0700	Taranto	25 Sep 1941	0850	Taranto	4,5	Exercises.
	Celeste, Giovanni	28 Sep 1941	0200	Taranto	28 Sep 1941	0810	Gallipoli	56,5	Passage Taranto-Gallipoli.
	Celeste, Giovanni	29 Sep 1941	0610	Gallipoli	29 Sep 1941	1626	Gallipoli	39	Exercises.
	Celeste, Giovanni	30 Sep 1941	0702	Gallipoli	30 Sep 1941	1630	Gallipoli	49	Exercises.
	Celeste, Giovanni	1 Oct 1941	0700	Gallipoli	1 Oct 1941	1455	Gallipoli	28	Exercises with MAS boat.
	Celeste, Giovanni	2 Oct 1941	0700	Gallipoli	2 Oct 1941	1829	Gallipoli	20	Exercises.
	Celeste, Giovanni	3 Oct 1941	0700	Gallipoli	3 Oct 1941	1435	Gallipoli	12,5	Exercises.
	Celeste, Giovanni	4 Oct 1941	0800	Gallipoli	4 Oct 1941	1340	Taranto	56	Passage Gallipoli-Taranto.
	Celeste, Giovanni	6 Oct 1941	0710	Taranto	6 Oct 1941	1005	Taranto	8,5	Exercises.
	Celeste, Giovanni	6 Nov 1941	0710	Taranto	6 Nov 1941	0941	Taranto	8,5	Exercises.
25	Celeste, Giovanni	11 Nov 1941	1640	Taranto	12 Nov 1941	1115	Taranto	113	Hydrophone Watch in Gulf of Taranto. Uneventful. Then entered dock.
	Celeste, Giovanni	19 Nov 1941	0710	Taranto	20 Nov 1941	1000	Taranto	7	Exercises.
	Celeste, Giovanni	26 Nov 1941	0713	Taranto	27 Nov 1941	1050	Taranto	7	Exercises.
	Celeste, Giovanni	3 Dec 1941	1216	Taranto	3 Dec 1941	1715	Taranto	35,5	Exercises.
	Celeste, Giovanni	10 Dec 1941	0722	Taranto	10 Dec 1941	1736	Taranto	57	Trials.
	Celeste, Giovanni	11 Dec 1941	0730	Taranto	12 Dec 1941	1552	Taranto	47	Exercises, escorted back by the torpedo boat Lince.
	Celeste, Giovanni	21 Dec 1941	0718	Taranto	21 Dec 1941	1315	Gallipoli	55	Passage Taranto-Gallipoli.
26	Celeste, Giovanni	22 Dec 1941	0615	Gallipoli	22 Dec 1941	1645	Gallipoli	43	Hydrophone Watch in Gulf of Taranto. Uneventful.
	Celeste, Giovanni	23 Dec 1941	0800	Gallipoli	23 Dec 1941	1400	Taranto	55	Passage Gallipoli-Taranto.
	Lesen d'Aston, Enrico	31 Dec 1941	0800	Taranto	31 Dec 1941	1145	Taranto	21	Exercises.
	Lesen d'Aston, Enrico	9 Jan 1942	0800	Taranto	9 Jan 1942	1617	Taranto	30	Exercises.
	Lesen d'Aston, Enrico	14 Jan 1942	1241	Taranto	14 Jan 1942	1732	Taranto	32,5	Exercises.
	Lesen d'Aston, Enrico	18 Jan 1942	1230	Taranto	18 Jan 1942	1430	Taranto	11	Exercises.
	Fossati, Renzo	12 Feb 1942	0830	Taranto	12 Feb 1942	1535	Taranto	34	Exercises.
	Fossati, Renzo	15 Feb 1942	1225	Taranto	15 Feb 1942	1720	Taranto	30	Exercises.
	Fossati, Renzo	17 Feb 1942	0605	Taranto	17 Feb 1942	1556	Taranto	30	Trials.
	Fossati, Renzo	19 Feb 1942	0635	Taranto	19 Feb 1942	1605	Taranto	64	Sonar trials with the torpedo boat San Martino.
	Fossati, Renzo	22 Feb 1942	0615	Taranto	22 Feb 1942	1109	Taranto	40	Exercises.
	Fossati, Renzo	2 Mar 1942	1040	Taranto	2 Mar 1942	1855	Taranto	49	Exercises.
	Fossati, Renzo	3 Mar 1942	0710	Taranto	3 Mar 1942	1415	Taranto	43	Exercises, escorted by the auxiliaries Pasman and Nais.
27	Fossati, Renzo	4 Mar 1942	1903	Taranto	5 Mar 1942	1203	Taranto	102	Hydrophone Watch in Gulf of Taranto. Uneventful. No patrol report.
	Fossati, Renzo	6 Mar 1942	1150	Taranto	6 Mar 1942	1810	Taranto	27	Exercises with aircraft.
	Canezza, Antonio	9 Mar 1942	1440	Taranto	10 Mar 1942	0845	Brindisi	157	Passage Taranto-Brindisi.
		10 Mar 1942	0240	(0) 156° - Cape Otranto - 5 miles.	At 0240 hours, H.2 reported sighting a torpedo track which missed her a few metres ahead. No Allied submarine operated in area at the time, so the "torpedo" was probably a porpoise . Note: Topazio reported receiving the signal on 9th March, which means that the transfer dates of Topazio or H.2 may be incorrect.
	Canezza, Antonio	15 Apr 1942	0835	Brindisi	15 Apr 1942	1154	Brindisi	12	Trials.
	Canezza, Antonio	19 Apr 1942	0815	Brindisi	19 Apr 1942	1835	Gallipoli	109,5	Passage Brindisi-Gallipoli, escorted by the auxiliary Gismondi.
	Canezza, Antonio	21 Apr 1942	0820	Gallipoli	21 Apr 1942	1650	Gallipoli	6	Trials with MAS 439 and MAS 441.
	Canezza, Antonio	22 Apr 1942	0700	Gallipoli	22 Apr 1942	1510	Gallipoli	8	Trials with two MAS boats.
	Canezza, Antonio	23 Apr 1942	0730	Gallipoli	23 Apr 1942	1240	Gallipoli	4	Trials.
	Canezza, Antonio	24 Apr 1942	0715	Gallipoli	24 Apr 1942	1500	Gallipoli	5	Trials.
	Canezza, Antonio	25 Apr 1942	0600	Gallipoli	25 Apr 1942	1035	Taranto	52	Passage Gallipoli-Taranto, escorted by MAS 441.
	Canezza, Antonio	29 Apr 1942	0800	Taranto	29 Apr 1942	1015	Taranto	6	Exercises.
28	Canezza, Antonio	30 Apr 1942	0800	Taranto	1 May 1942	1200	Taranto	100	Hydrophone Watch in Gulf of Taranto. Uneventful.
	Canezza, Antonio	21 May 1942	1330	Taranto	21 May 1942	1522	Taranto	6	Trials.
	Canezza, Antonio	22 May 1942	0445	Taranto	22 May 1942	1045	Gallipoli	54	Passage Taranto-Gallipoli.
	Canezza, Antonio	22 May 1942	1305	Gallipoli	22 May 1942	1705	Gallipoli	7	Exercises, escorted by MAS 438, MAS 439 and MAS 440.
	Canezza, Antonio	23 May 1942	0720	Gallipoli	23 May 1942	1116	Gallipoli	11	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	24 May 1942	0520	Gallipoli	24 May 1942	1040	Taranto	53	Passage Gallipoli-Taranto.
	Canezza, Antonio	24 May 1942	0735	Taranto	24 May 1942	1350	Taranto	39	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	1 Jun 1942	0650	Taranto	1 Jun 1942	1505	Taranto	54	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	6 Jun 1942	0700	Taranto	6 Jun 1942	1550	Taranto	63	Sonar exercises with the destroyer Corazziere.
	Canezza, Antonio	27 Jun 1942	0417	Taranto	27 Jun 1942	1705	Crotone	110	Passage Taranto-Crotone.
	Canezza, Antonio	28 Jun 1942	0525	Crotone	28 Jun 1942	1600	Crotone	89	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	29 Jun 1942	0700	Crotone	29 Jun 1942	1400	Crotone	49	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	1 Jul 1942	0610	Crotone	1 Jul 1942	1755	Taranto	110	Passage Crotone-Taranto.
	Canezza, Antonio	14 Aug 1942	1330	Taranto	14 Aug 1942	1600	Taranto	8	Trials.
	Canezza, Antonio	17 Aug 1942	0745	Taranto	17 Aug 1942	1215	Taranto	10	Exercises.
29	Canezza, Antonio	21 Aug 1942	1930	Taranto	22 Aug 1942	1150	Taranto	99	Hydrophone Watch in Gulf of Taranto. Uneventful.
	Canezza, Antonio	10 Sep 1942	0750	Taranto	10 Sep 1942	1525	Taranto	38	Exercises.
30	Canezza, Antonio	15 Sep 1942	1930	Taranto	16 Sep 1942	1322	Taranto	102	Hydrophone Watch in Gulf of Taranto. Uneventful.
31	Canezza, Antonio	16 Sep 1942	1930	Taranto	17 Sep 1942	1315	Taranto	101	Hydrophone Watch in Gulf of Taranto. Uneventful.
	Canezza, Antonio	20 Sep 1942	0655	Taranto	20 Sep 1942	1512	Taranto	43,8	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	21 Sep 1942	0650	Taranto	21 Sep 1942	1225	Taranto	35	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	26 Sep 1942	0645	Taranto	26 Sep 1942	0925	Taranto	12	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	8 Oct 1942	0745	Taranto	8 Oct 1942	1500	Taranto	40	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	10 Oct 1942	0750	Taranto	10 Oct 1942	1200	Taranto	30	Exercises.
32	Canezza, Antonio	11 Oct 1942	1955	Taranto	12 Oct 1942	1204	Taranto	104	Hydrophone Watch in Gulf of Taranto. Uneventful.
	Canezza, Antonio	16 Oct 1942	0815	Taranto	16 Oct 1942	1335	Taranto	26	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	17 Oct 1942	1340	Taranto	17 Oct 1942	1840	Taranto	26,5	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	19 Oct 1942	0650	Taranto	19 Oct 1942	1330	Taranto	32	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	31 Oct 1942	1005	Taranto	31 Oct 1942	1710	Taranto	31,5	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	4 Nov 1942	0330	Taranto	4 Nov 1942	1600	Crotone	110	Passage Taranto-Crotone.
	Canezza, Antonio	5 Nov 1942	0814	Crotone	5 Nov 1942	1650	Crotone	38	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	8 Nov 1942	0744	Crotone	8 Nov 1942	1820	Crotone	69	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	9 Nov 1942	0655	Crotone	9 Nov 1942	1725	Crotone	47	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	10 Nov 1942	0725	Crotone	10 Nov 1942	1145	Crotone	16	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	11 Nov 1942	0740	Crotone	11 Nov 1942	1625	Crotone	25	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	12 Nov 1942	0350	Crotone	12 Nov 1942	1625	Taranto	110	Passage Crotone-Taranto.
	Canezza, Antonio	13 Nov 1942	0025	Taranto	15 Nov 1942	1000	Messina		Passage Taranto-Messina. Uneventful.
	Canezza, Antonio	16 Nov 1942	1145	Messina	17 Nov 1942	1050	Naples		Passage Messina-Naples.
		17 Nov 1942	0400	40° 25'N, 14° 03'E	At 0400 hours, an enemy submarine was sighted at a distance of 2,500-3,000 metres. H.2 had readied tubes no. 1 and 3, but the enemy got further away and H.2 could not close the distance. This was almost certainly HMS Turbulent (Cdr. J.W. Linton, DSO, RN) who did not notice the Italian submarine.
	Canezza, Antonio	19 Nov 1942	1900	Naples	21 Nov 1942	0725	La Spezia	845	Passage Naples-La Spezia.
	Canezza, Antonio	28 Nov 1942	1250	La Spezia	28 Nov 1942	1530	La Spezia	18,3	Trials.
	Canezza, Antonio	3 Dec 1942	0735	La Spezia	3 Dec 1942	1355	La Spezia	40,7	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	9 Dec 1942	0700	La Spezia	9 Dec 1942	1622	La Spezia	35	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	11 Dec 1942	1230	La Spezia	11 Dec 1942	1640	La Spezia	27	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	18 Dec 1942	0730	La Spezia	18 Dec 1942	1650	La Spezia	36,5	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	22 Dec 1942	0745	La Spezia	22 Dec 1942	1745	La Spezia	39	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	24 Dec 1942	0733	La Spezia	24 Dec 1942	1615	La Spezia	40	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	28 Dec 1942	0740	La Spezia	28 Dec 1942	1500	La Spezia	40	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	30 Dec 1942	No time	La Spezia	30 Dec 1942	No time	La Spezia	49	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	2 Jan 1943	0830	La Spezia	2 Jan 1943	1410	La Spezia	34	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	7 Jan 1943	0730	La Spezia	7 Jan 1943	1640	La Spezia	39	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	12 Jan 1943	0745	La Spezia	12 Jan 1943	1700	La Spezia	36	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	14 Jan 1943	0830	La Spezia	14 Jan 1943	1420	La Spezia	30	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	21 Jan 1943	0840	La Spezia	21 Jan 1943	1825	La Spezia	26,5	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	26 Jan 1943	0730	La Spezia	26 Jan 1943	1630	La Spezia	29	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	28 Jan 1943	0735	La Spezia	28 Jan 1943	1625	La Spezia	35	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	1 Feb 1943	0845	La Spezia	1 Feb 1943	1425	Genoa	58	Passage La Spezia-Genoa.
	Canezza, Antonio	12 Mar 1943	0915	Genoa	12 Mar 1943	1605	Genoa	20,8	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	15 Mar 1943	0900	Genoa	15 Mar 1943	1300	Genoa	43	Speed trials.
	Canezza, Antonio	16 Mar 1943	0905	Genoa	16 Mar 1943	1420	La Spezia	57	Passage Genoa-La Spezia.
	Canezza, Antonio	20 Mar 1943	0844	La Spezia	20 Mar 1943	1900	La Spezia	28,5	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	24 Mar 1943	0725	La Spezia	24 Mar 1943	1610	La Spezia	37	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	31 Mar 1943	0710	La Spezia	31 Mar 1943	1905	La Spezia	42,5	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	1 Apr 1943	1005	La Spezia	1 Apr 1943	1635	La Spezia	29	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	6 Apr 1943	0725	La Spezia	6 Apr 1943	1325	La Spezia	35,5	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	7 Apr 1943	0900	La Spezia	7 Apr 1943	1730	La Spezia	35	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	8 Apr 1943	0800	La Spezia	8 Apr 1943	1040	La Spezia	3	Gyrocompass tests.
	Canezza, Antonio	10 Apr 1943	0800	La Spezia	10 Apr 1943	1635	La Spezia	26	Exercises.
33	Canezza, Antonio	15 Apr 1943	1800	La Spezia	16 Apr 1943	0935	La Spezia	71	Defensive patrol with the submarine H.8 (hydrophone watch), between (1) 43°45'N, 09°33'E (2) 43°43'N, 09°35'E (3) 43°41'N, 09°18'E (4) 43°38'N, 09°20'E. Uneventful.
	Canezza, Antonio	28 Apr 1943	0650	La Spezia	28 Apr 1943	1752	La Spezia	39	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	30 Apr 1943	0718	La Spezia	30 Apr 1943	1350	La Spezia	32	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	2 May 1943	0710	La Spezia	2 May 1943	1312	La Spezia	27	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	3 May 1943	0720	La Spezia	3 May 1943	1448	La Spezia	29	Exercises.
34		5 May 1943	1800	La Spezia	6 May 1943	0915	La Spezia	74	Defensive patrol with submarine H.8 (hydrophone watch) between (1) 43°42.5'N, 09°24.5'E (2) 43°40'N, 09°26'E (3) 43°47'N, 09°35'35'E (4) 43°44.5'N, 09°41'E. Uneventful.
	Canezza, Antonio	8 May 1943	0755	La Spezia	8 May 1943	1555	La Spezia	36	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	11 May 1943	0650	La Spezia	11 May 1943	1650	La Spezia	51	Exercises.
35	Canezza, Antonio	12 May 1943	1750	La Spezia	13 May 1943	0810	La Spezia	74	Hydrophone Watch in the Ligurian Gulf. Uneventful.
	Canezza, Antonio	14 May 1943	0550	La Spezia	14 May 1943	1215	La Spezia	49,5	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	15 May 1943	0746	La Spezia	15 May 1943	1728	La Spezia	37	Exercises.
36	Canezza, Antonio	24 May 1943	1817	La Spezia	25 May 1943	0830	La Spezia	85	Defensive patrol with submarine H.8 (hydrophone watch) in area between (1) 44°00'N, 09°22'E (2) 43°58'N, 09°24'E (3) 43°54'N, 09°07'E and (4) 43°52'N, 09°05'E. Uneventful.
37	Canezza, Antonio	25 May 1943	2157	La Spezia	26 May 1943	0822	La Spezia	69	Defensive patrol in the Ligurian Gulf with submarine H.8 (hydrophone watch). Uneventful.
	Canezza, Antonio	28 May 1943	0730	La Spezia	28 May 1943	1700	La Spezia	37	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	30 May 1943	0720	La Spezia	30 May 1943	1520	La Spezia	25	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	1 Jun 1943	0711	La Spezia	1 Jun 1943	1321	La Spezia	34	Exercises.
38	Canezza, Antonio	2 Jun 1943	1640	La Spezia	3 Jun 1943	1000	La Spezia	103	Defensive patrol in the Ligurian Gulf. Uneventful.
	Canezza, Antonio	5 Jun 1943	0640	La Spezia	5 Jun 1943	1620	La Spezia	28	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	7 Jun 1943	1012	La Spezia	7 Jun 1943	1556	La Spezia	22	Exercises.
39	Canezza, Antonio	7 Jun 1943	1750	La Spezia	8 Jun 1943	0940	La Spezia	101	Defensive patrol in the Ligurian Gulf. Uneventful.
40	Canezza, Antonio	9 Jun 1943	0655	La Spezia	9 Jun 1943	1820	La Spezia	32	Hydrophone watch.
	Canezza, Antonio	11 Jun 1943	0740	La Spezia	11 Jun 1943	1930	La Spezia	60	Exercises.
41	Canezza, Antonio	14 Jun 1943	1910	La Spezia	15 Jun 1943	0712	La Spezia	55	Defensive patrol in the Ligurian Gulf. Uneventful.
	Canezza, Antonio	21 Jun 1943	0713	La Spezia	21 Jun 1943	2024	La Spezia	50	Exercises.
42	Canezza, Antonio	24 Jun 1943	1920	La Spezia	25 Jun 1943	0735	La Spezia	57	Defensive patrol in the Ligurian Gulf. Uneventful. No patrol report.
	Canezza, Antonio	27 Jun 1943	0445	La Spezia	27 Jun 1943	1204	La Spezia	35	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	29 Jun 1943	0530	La Spezia	29 Jun 1943	1545	La Spezia	34	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	1 Jul 1943	0510	La Spezia	1 Jul 1943	1917	La Spezia	49	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	3 Jul 1943	0515	La Spezia	3 Jul 1943	1825	La Spezia	35	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	5 Jul 1943	0831	La Spezia	5 Jul 1943	1542	La Spezia	28	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	8 Jul 1943	0733	La Spezia	9 Jul 1943	0900	La Spezia	8	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	12 Jul 1943	0624	La Spezia	12 Jul 1943	1932	La Spezia	49	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	14 Jul 1943	0630	La Spezia	14 Jul 1943	1821	La Spezia	40	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	16 Jul 1943	0825	La Spezia	16 Jul 1943	1910	La Spezia	35	Exercises.
43	Canezza, Antonio	18 Jul 1943	1820	La Spezia	19 Jul 1943	0700	La Spezia	68	Defensive patrol in the Ligurian Gulf. Uneventful.
44	Canezza, Antonio	21 Jul 1943	1810	La Spezia	22 Jul 1943	0730	La Spezia	61	Defensive patrol in the Ligurian Gulf. Uneventful.
	Canezza, Antonio	24 Jul 1943	0700	La Spezia	24 Jul 1943	1642	La Spezia	28	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	27 Jul 1943	0730	La Spezia	27 Jul 1943	1305	La Spezia	31	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	29 Jul 1943	0825	La Spezia	29 Jul 1943	1600	La Spezia	42	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	31 Jul 1943	0715	La Spezia	31 Jul 1943	1154	La Spezia	16	Exercises.
45	Canezza, Antonio	12 Aug 1943	1825	La Spezia	13 Aug 1943	1330	La Spezia		Hydrophone patrol.
	Canezza, Antonio	1 Sep 1943	0610	La Spezia	1 Sep 1943	1320	La Spezia	46	A/S exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	7 Sep 1943	1650	La Spezia	8 Sep 1943	1323	Ajaccio	160	Passage La Spezia-Ajaccio.
		8 Sep 1943	0225	(0) Off Cape Corse.	At 0225 hours, an enemy submarine was sighted. This was probably HMS Sportsman patrolling near Cape Corse.
	Canezza, Antonio	11 Sep 1943	0030	Ajaccio	12 Sep 1943	1825	Portoferraio	170	Passage Ajaccio-Portoferraio with H.1 and H.4.
		11 Sep 1943	1000	(0) Off Cape Corso.	At 1000 hours, H.2, proceeding submerged, had a slight collision with H.4 but no significant damage was reported.
		12 Sep 1943	0115 0200 (e)	(0) German Grid CJ 1694.	At 0115 hours, a German S-boot was encountered and signalled H.2 to stop. It opened fire with machine-guns as the submarine increased speed. This was S-158 who claimed a hit, but the submarine was undamaged. The submarine responded in Italian and kept on going and after an hour the German boat gave up the chase.
	Canezza, Antonio	12 Sep 1943	2010	Portoferraio	15 Sep 1943	0813	Palermo	330	Passage Portoferraio-Palermo with H.1 and H.4. Uneventful.
		12 Sep 1943	0115 0200 (e)	(0) German Grid CJ 1694.	At 0115 hours, a German S-boot was encountered and signalled H.2 to stop. It opened fire with machine-guns as the submarine increased speed. This was S-158 who claimed a hit, but the submarine was undamaged. The submarine responded in Italian and kept on going and after an hour the German boat gave up the chase.
	Canezza, Antonio	19 Sep 1943	1255	Palermo	20 Sep 1943	1750	St. Paul (Malta)	230	Passage Palermo-St. Paul (Malta).
	Canezza, Antonio	2 Oct 1943	1300	Saint Paul (Malta)	2 Oct 1943	1600	Sliema (Malta)	25	Passage St. Paul (Malta)-Sliema (Malta).
	Canezza, Antonio	2 Nov 1943	0813	Malta	2 Nov 1943	1130	Malta	14	Exercises.
	Canezza, Antonio	9 Nov 1943	0645	Malta	9 Nov 1943	1626	Malta	45	Exercises.
	Bianco, Alfredo	22 Nov 1943	1600	Malta	23 Nov 1943	1200	Augusta	120	Passage Malta-Augusta.
	Beverini, Enrico	23 Dec 1943	0645	Augusta	23 Dec 1943	1609	Augusta	33	Exercises with the torpedo boat Animoso and the corvette Minerva.
	Beverini, Enrico	20 Apr 1944	0800	Augusta	20 Apr 1944	0900	Augusta	8	Trials.
	Beverini, Enrico	26 Apr 1944	1400	Augusta	26 Apr 1944	1900	Augusta	14	Trials.
	Beverini, Enrico	6 May 1944	0700	Augusta	6 May 1944	1435	Augusta	27	Exercises.
	Beverini, Enrico	9 May 1944	0810	Augusta	9 May 1944	1640	Augusta	29	Exercises.
	Beverini, Enrico	20 May 1944	1940	Augusta	21 May 1944	1105	Malta	96	Passage Augusta-Malta, escorted by BYMS 2009.
	Beverini, Enrico	29 May 1944	0810	Malta	29 May 1944	1954	Malta	48	Exercises.
	Beverini, Enrico	30 May 1944	0855	Malta	30 May 1944	1754	Malta	41,5	Exercises.
	Beverini, Enrico	31 May 1944	0940	Malta	31 May 1944	1910	Malta	46,5	Exercises.
	Beverini, Enrico	3 Jun 1944	0825	Malta	3 Jun 1944	1601	Malta	39	Exercises.
	Beverini, Enrico	8 Jun 1944	1340	Malta	8 Jun 1944	1836	Malta	40	Exercises.
	Beverini, Enrico	14 Jun 1944	1340	Malta	14 Jun 1944	1836	Malta	46	Exercises.
	Beverini, Enrico	15 Jun 1944	0614	Malta	15 Jun 1944	1444	Malta	41	Exercises.
	Beverini, Enrico	19 Jun 1944	0707	Malta	19 Jun 1944	1637	Malta	65	Exercises.
	Beverini, Enrico	23 Jun 1944	0835	Malta	23 Jun 1944	1438	Malta	41	Exercises.
	Beverini, Enrico	29 Jun 1944	0726	Malta	29 Jun 1944	1806	Malta	46	Exercises.
	Beverini, Enrico	16 Jul 1944	0700	Malta	17 Jul 1944	0815	Augusta	109	Passage Malta-Augusta.
	Beverini, Enrico	20 Jul 1944	0934	Augusta	21 Jul 1944	0950	Taranto	256	Passage Augusta-Taranto, towed by the torpedo boat Libra, then long refit until November 1944.
	Beverini, Enrico	1 Nov 1944	0610	Taranto	1 Nov 1944	1103	Taranto	20	Trials.
	Beverini, Enrico	8 Nov 1944	1150	Taranto	8 Nov 1944	1600	Taranto	26	Trials.
	Beverini, Enrico	10 Nov 1944	0820	Taranto	10 Nov 1944	1215	Taranto	2	Gyrocompass tests.
	Beverini, Enrico	17 Nov 1944	0735	Taranto	17 Nov 1944	1712	Taranto	35	Exercises.
	Beverini, Enrico	20 Nov 1944	0806	Taranto	20 Nov 1944	1700	Taranto	32	Exercises.
	Beverini, Enrico	30 Nov 1944	0615	Taranto	30 Nov 1944	1202	Taranto	21	Exercises.
	Beverini, Enrico	5 Dec 1944	0649	Taranto	5 Dec 1944	1245	Taranto	24	Exercises.
	Beverini, Enrico	9 Dec 1944	0630	Taranto	9 Dec 1944	1245	Taranto	26	Exercises.
	Beverini, Enrico	12 Dec 1944	0645	Taranto	12 Dec 1944	1425	Taranto	26	Exercises.
	Beverini, Enrico	14 Dec 1944	0640	Taranto	14 Dec 1944	1435	Taranto	24	Exercises.
	Beverini, Enrico	16 Dec 1944	0645	Taranto	16 Dec 1944	1210	Taranto	21	Exercises.
	Beverini, Enrico	19 Dec 1944	0645	Taranto	19 Dec 1944	1200	Taranto	24	Exercises.
	Beverini, Enrico	20 Dec 1944	0610	Taranto	20 Dec 1944	1620	Taranto	53	Exercises.
	Beverini, Enrico	28 Dec 1944	0630	Taranto	28 Dec 1944	1442	Taranto	28	Exercises.
	Beverini, Enrico	2 Jan 1945	0645	Naples	2 Jan 1945	1330	Naples	27,1	Exercises.
	Beverini, Enrico	4 Jan 1945	0635	Naples	4 Jan 1945	1420	Naples	29	Exercises.
	Beverini, Enrico	9 Jan 1945	0645	Naples	9 Jan 1945	1415	Naples	30,3	Exercises.
	Beverini, Enrico	16 Jan 1945	0640	Naples	16 Jan 1945	1415	Naples	31,1	Exercises.
	Beverini, Enrico	18 Jan 1945	0640	Naples	18 Jan 1945	1410	Naples	29,2	Exercises.
	Beverini, Enrico	23 Jan 1945	0700	Naples	24 Jan 1945	1606	Messina	287,1	Passage Naples-Messina.
	Beverini, Enrico	25 Jan 1945	1000	Messina	26 Jan 1945	0900	Naples	191,4	Passage Messina-Naples.
	Beverini, Enrico	11 Feb 1945	0745	Naples	11 Feb 1945	1310	Naples	20,6	Exercises.
	Beverini, Enrico	17 Feb 1945	0730	Naples	17 Feb 1945	1320	Naples	23,7	Exercises.
	Beverini, Enrico	20 Feb 1945	0730	Naples	20 Feb 1945	1325	Naples	27,2	Exercises.
	Beverini, Enrico	24 Feb 1945	0720	Naples	24 Feb 1945	1700	Naples	34,8	Exercises.
	Beverini, Enrico	1 Mar 1945	0758	Naples	1 Mar 1945	1730	Naples	37,3	Exercises.
	Beverini, Enrico	6 Mar 1945	0730	Naples	6 Mar 1945	1425	Naples	28,8	Exercises.
	Beverini, Enrico	8 Mar 1945	1210	Naples	8 Mar 1945	1600	Naples	18,3	Exercises.
	Beverini, Enrico	13 Mar 1945	0800	Naples	13 Mar 1945	1525	Naples	34,7	Exercises.
	Beverini, Enrico	31 Mar 1945	1123	Naples	31 Mar 1945	1605	Naples	22,8	Exercises.
	Beverini, Enrico	5 Apr 1945	1030	Naples	5 Apr 1945	1530	Naples	23,4	Exercises.
	Beverini, Enrico	6 Apr 1945	0915	Naples	6 Apr 1945	1435	Naples	21,9	Exercises.
	Beverini, Enrico	9 Apr 1945	0815	Naples	9 Apr 1945	1450	Naples	25,9	Exercises.
	Beverini, Enrico	14 Apr 1945	0730	Naples	14 Apr 1945	2015	Naples	53,5	Exercises.
	Beverini, Enrico	15 Apr 1945	0909	Naples	15 Apr 1945	1315	Naples	19,1	Exercises with the submarine Otaria.
	Beverini, Enrico	17 Apr 1945	1220	Naples	18 Apr 1945	0310	Naples	57,2	Exercises.
	Beverini, Enrico	21 Apr 1945	1255	Naples	21 Apr 1945	1708	Naples	20,9	Exercises.
	Beverini, Enrico	23 Apr 1945	0925	Naples	23 Apr 1945	1810	Naples	43	Exercises.
	Beverini, Enrico	30 Apr 1945	1218	Naples	30 Apr 1945	1610	Naples	18,2	Exercises.
	Beverini, Enrico	1 May 1945	0715	Naples	1 May 1945	1835	Naples	49,5	Exercises.
	Beverini, Enrico	4 May 1945	1230	Naples	4 May 1945	1645	Naples	20,7	Exercises.
	Beverini, Enrico	5 May 1945	0715	Naples	5 May 1945	1645	Naples	41,1	Exercises.
	Volterri, Alberto	12 May 1945	0930	Naples	12 May 1945	1845	Naples	46,4	Exercises.
	Volterri, Alberto	23 May 1945	0930	Naples	23 May 1945	1705	Naples	41,7	Exercises.
	Volterri, Alberto	26 May 1945	0835	Naples	26 May 1945	1530	Naples	23,8	Exercises.
	Volterri, Alberto	30 May 1945	0710	Naples	30 May 1945	1745	Naples	49,4	Exercises.
	Volterri, Alberto	9 Jun 1945	0820	Naples	9 Jun 1945	1545	Naples	25,3	Exercises.
	Volterri, Alberto	16 Jun 1945	0700	Naples	16 Jun 1945	1910	Naples	57,2	Exercises.
	Volterri, Alberto	27 Jun 1945	1415	Naples	27 Jun 1945	1745	Naples	18,1	Exercises.
	Volterri, Alberto	1 Jul 1945	0210	Naples	1 Jul 1945	1145	Naples	57,7	Exercises.
	Volterri, Alberto	5 Jul 1945	0210	Naples	5 Jul 1945	1250	Naples	60,8	Exercises.
	Volterri, Alberto	10 Jul 1945	0100	Naples	10 Jul 1945	1315	Naples	61,9	Exercises.

300 entries. 299 total patrol entries (45 marked as war patrols) and 6 events.

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