Italian submarines in World War Two
Italian Commanders
Alberto Farolfi
| Born | 25 Feb 1915 | ? | |
| Died | 3 May 1945 | (30) | Exact date unknown. Believed to have been executed by partisans. |
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Career information
C.B.5 (S.T.V. C.O.): from 27.06.1941 to 13.06.1942 (sunk, Farolfi survived).C.B.1 (S.T.V. C.O.): from August 1942? to October 1942?
C.B.6 (S.T.V. C.O.): from August 1943? to September 1943?
Joined RSI.
C.M.1 (S.T.V. C.O.): from March 1945? to April 1945?
Commands listed for Alberto Farolfi
| Submarine | Type | Rank | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CM 1 (UIT.17) | ||||
| CB 5 () | S.T.V. | 27 Jun 1941 | 13 Jun 1942 | |
| CB 1 () | S.T.V. | Aug 1942 | Oct 1942 | |
| CB 6 () | S.T.V. | Aug 1943 | Sep 1943 | |
| CM 1 (UIT.17) | S.T.V. | Mar 1945 | Apr 1945 |
Ships hit by Alberto Farolfi
No ships hit by this Commander.War patrols listed for Alberto Farolfi
| Submarine | Date | Time | Port | Arr. date | Arr. time | Arr. port | Miles | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CB 5 () | 10 May 1941 | La Spezia | 10 May 1941 | La Spezia | Commissioned. | |||||
| CB 5 () | 30 May 1941 | La Spezia | 30 May 1941 | La Spezia | Exercises. | |||||
| CB 5 () | 15 Jun 1941 | La Spezia | 15 Jun 1941 | La Spezia | Joined MARICOSOM. | |||||
| CB 5 () | 25 Jun 1941 | 0910 | La Spezia | 25 Jun 1941 | 1140 | La Spezia | Exercises. | |||
| CB 5 () | 25 Jun 1941 | 1550 | La Spezia | 25 Jun 1941 | 1735 | La Spezia | Exercises. | |||
| CB 5 () | 26 Jun 1941 | 0840 | La Spezia | 26 Jun 1941 | 1210 | La Spezia | 21,5 | Exercises. | ||
| CB 5 () | 27 Jun 1941 | 1445 | La Spezia | 27 Jun 1941 | 1700 | La Spezia | Exercises. | |||
| CB 5 () | 28 Jun 1941 | 1430 | La Spezia | 28 Jun 1941 | 1610 | La Spezia | Exercises. | |||
| CB 5 () | 30 Jun 1941 | 0945 | La Spezia | 30 Jun 1941 | 1645 | La Spezia | 32 | Exercises. | ||
| CB 5 () | 3 Jul 1941 | 1450 | La Spezia | 3 Jul 1941 | 1800 | La Spezia | 9 | Exercises. | ||
| CB 5 () | 9 Jul 1941 | 0840 | La Spezia | 9 Jul 1941 | 1740 | La Spezia | 27 | Exercises. | ||
| CB 5 () | 11 Jul 1941 | 1550 | La Spezia | 15 Jul 1941 | 1200 | La Spezia | 215 | Exercises. | ||
| CB 5 () | 19 Jul 1941 | 0845 | La Spezia | 19 Jul 1941 | 1150 | La Spezia | 21 | Exercises. | ||
| CB 5 () | 26 Jul 1941 | 2120 | La Spezia | 27 Jul 1941 | 0200 | La Spezia | 23 | Exercises. | ||
| CB 5 () | 28 Jul 1941 | 0900 | La Spezia | 28 Jul 1941 | 1215 | La Spezia | 3 | Exercises. | ||
| CB 5 () | 29 Jul 1941 | 1100 | La Spezia | 29 Jul 1941 | 1315 | La Spezia | 3 | Exercises. | ||
| CB 5 () | 31 Aug 1941 | 1510 | La Spezia | 1 Sep 1941 | 1315 | Naples | Transferred via rail. | |||
| CB 5 () | 3 Sep 1941 | 0605 | Naples | 3 Sep 1941 | 1205 | Salerno | Passage Naples-Salerno. | |||
| CB 5 () | 3 Sep 1941 | Time? | Salerno | 3 Sep 1941 | 1630 | Salerno | Exercises. | |||
| 1. | CB 5 () | 24 Sep 1941 | 1740 | Salerno | 25 Sep 1941 | 1150 | Salerno | 74 | Antisubmarine patrol on surface off Cape d'Orso, near Salerno. Uneventful. | |
| 2. | CB 5 () | 29 Sep 1941 | 1700 | Salerno | 30 Sep 1941 | 1300 | Salerno | 99 | Antisubmarine patrol with CB 3. Uneventful. | |
| 3. | CB 5 () | 17 Oct 1941 | 1800 | Salerno | 18 Oct 1941 | 0820 | Salerno | 76 | Antisubmarine patrol. Uneventful. | |
| 4. | CB 5 () | 22 Oct 1941 | 1800 | Salerno | 23 Oct 1941 | 0710 | Salerno | 67 | Antisubmarine surface patrol with CB 1 in 40°22.5'N, 14°40'E. Uneventful. | |
| 5. | CB 5 () | 25 Oct 1941 | 1800 | Salerno | 26 Oct 1941 | 0810 | Salerno | 75 | Surfaced antisubmarine patrol with CB 6. Uneventful. | |
| 6. | CB 5 () | 26 Oct 1941 | 1800 | Salerno | 27 Oct 1941 | 0800 | Salerno | 68 | Surfaced antisubmarine patrol with CB 1. Uneventful. | |
| CB 5 () | 12 Nov 1941 | 0425 | Salerno | 12 Nov 1941 | 1410 | Naples | 56 | Passage Salerno-Naples with CB 4. | ||
| CB 5 () | 14 Nov 1941 | 0844 | Naples | 14 Nov 1941 | 1440 | Salerno | Passage Naples-Salerno. | |||
| CB 5 () | 22 Nov 1941 | 0830 | Salerno | 22 Nov 1941 | 1425 | Salerno | Exercises. | |||
| 7. | CB 5 () | 22 Nov 1941 | 1800 | Salerno | 23 Nov 1941 | 0930 | Salerno | 85,25 | Surfaced antisubmarine patrol. Uneventful. | |
| 8. | CB 5 () | 28 Nov 1941 | 0900 | Salerno | 30 Nov 1941 | 1230 | Salerno | 183,5 | Antisubmarine patrol with CB 2. Uneventful. | |
| CB 5 () | 2 Dec 1941 | 0850 | Salerno | 2 Dec 1941 | 1300 | Salerno | Exercises escorted by the motorboat A.S.85. | |||
| CB 5 () | 6 Dec 1941 | 1000 | Salerno | 6 Dec 1941 | 1200 | Salerno | Exercises. | |||
| 9. | CB 5 () | 11 Dec 1941 | 1650 | Salerno | 12 Dec 1941 | 1330 | Salerno | Antisubmarine patrol. Uneventful. | ||
| CB 5 () | 19 Dec 1941 | Time? | Salerno | 19 Dec 1941 | 1110 | Naples | 40 | Passage Salerno-Naples. | ||
| CB 5 () | 8 Jan 1942 | 0750 | Naples | 8 Jan 1942 | 0830 | Salerno | Passage Naples-Salerno (by train?). | |||
| CB 5 () | 13 Jan 1942 | 0920 | Salerno | 13 Jan 1942 | 1510 | Naples | 40 | Passage Salerno-Naples. Then transported by train to La Spezia ca. 9th March 1942. | ||
| CB 5 () | 16 Mar 1942 | 0920 | La Spezia | 16 Mar 1942 | 1420 | La Spezia | Exercises. | |||
| CB 5 () | 28 Mar 1942 | 1100 | La Spezia | 28 Mar 1942 | 1540 | La Spezia | Exercises. | |||
| CB 5 () | 15 Apr 1942 | Date? | La Spezia | 5 May 1942 | Galatz | Passage La Spezia-Galatz (by train or by road?). | ||||
| CB 5 () | 6 May 1942 | Date? | Galatz | 7 May 1942 | 1945 | Costanza | Passage Galatz-Costanza. | |||
| CB 5 () | 25 May 1942 | 0730 | Costanza | 25 May 1942 | 1200 | Costanza | Exercises? | |||
| CB 5 () | 29 May 1942 | 0730 | Costanza | 29 May 1942 | 1200 | Costanza | Exercises. | |||
| CB 5 () | 9 Jun 1942 | 0045 | Costanza | 11 Jun 1942 | 1000 | Yalta | 298 | Passage Costanza-Yalta with CB 4 and CB 6. | ||
| CB 5 () | 13 Jun 1942 | Yalta | 13 Jun 1942 | 0400 | Sunk | Torpedoed and sunk by the Soviet MTB D-3 who managed to close the harbour entrance. No casualties. | ||||
| 13 Jun 1942 | 0400 | (0) Yalta harbour. | At 0300 hours, CB 5 was moored in Yalta harbour when a lone Soviet bomber raided the harbour. At 0400 hours, the Soviet MTB D-3 (Senior Lieutenant Konstantin Georgievitch Kotchiev) managed to close to about 200 meters from the breakwater and fire a torpedo through the opening. It hit and sank CB 5. There were no casualties. | |||||||
| CB 1 () | 29 Aug 1942 | 1830 | Costanza | 30 Aug 1942 | 1330 | Sulina | 30 | Passage Costanza-Sulina with CB 6. | ||
| 10. | CB 1 () | 31 Aug 1942 | 1315 | Sulina | 2 Sep 1942 | 1020 | Costanza | Patrolled north of Sulina between (a) 45°42'15'N, 30°09'E (b) 45°34'N, 30°18'E (C) 45°33'N, 29°54'E (D) 45°25'N, 30°03.5'E. Uneventful. | ||
| CB 1 () | 4 Sep 1942 | 1400 | Sulina | 5 Sep 1942 | 0715 | Costanza | 248 | Passage Sulina-Costanza with CB 6. | ||
| CB 1 () | 13 Sep 1942 | 1835 | Costanza | 14 Sep 1942 | 1330 | Sulina | Passage Costanza-Sulina with CB 4 and CB 6. | |||
| CB 1 () | 16 Sep 1942 | 1900 | Sulina | 17 Sep 1942 | 0900 | Sulina | Passage Sulina-Costanza with CB 4 and CB 6 and a convoy led by a Rumanian gunboat, but then all vessels turned back on account of the bad weather. | |||
| CB 1 () | 19 Sep 1942 | 1810 | Sulina | 20 Sep 1942 | 1640 | Costanza | Passage Sulina-Costanza with CB 4 and CB 6 and a convoy led by a Rumanian gunboat. | |||
| CB 1 () | 25 Sep 1942 | 1210 | Costanza | 26 Sep 1942 | 1720 | Ak Metschet | Passage Costanza-Ak Metschet, part of the time in tow of the German lighter F-534, with CB 4 and CB 6 and a convoy. | |||
| CB 1 () | 28 Sep 1942 | 1000 | Ak Metschet | 28 Sep 1942 | 1822 | Skadowsk | Passage Ak Metschet-Skadowsk with with CB 4 and CB 6. Uneventful. | |||
| CB 1 () | 15 Oct 1942 | 0907 | Skadowsk | 15 Oct 1942 | 1745 | Ak Metschet | Passage Skadowsk-Ak Metschet with with CB 4 and CB 6. | |||
| CB 1 () | 15 Oct 1942 | 2045 | Ak Metschet | 16 Oct 1942 | 1455 | Sevastopol | 608,85 | Passage Ak Metschet-Sevastopol with with CB 4 and CB 6 [mileage from 13th September 1942]. | ||
| CB 6 () | 7 Aug 1943 | 0500 | Sevastopol | 7 Aug 1943 | 1500 | Yalta | Passage Sevastopol-Yalta with CB 1. Uneventful. | |||
| 11. | CB 6 () | 7 Aug 1943 | 1800 | Yalta | 10 Aug 1943 | 1230 | Sevastopol | 320 | Patrolled south of Crimea with CB 1. Uneventful. | |
| 12. | CB 6 () | 16 Aug 1943 | 0600 | Sevastopol | 18 Aug 1943 | 1445 | Sevastopol | Antisubmarine patrol between (a) 44°15'N, 34°15'E (b) 44°00N, 34°15'E (c) 44°30'N, 34°45'E (d) 44°15'N, 34°45'E. | ||
| 13. | CB 6 () | 22 Aug 1943 | 0510 | Sevastopol | 23 Aug 1943 | 2230 | Sevastopol | Patrolled between 45°00'N and 45°30'N, and between 32°30'E and 33°30'E. | ||
| 23 Aug 1943 | 0430 | (0) 19 miles WNW of Eupatoria or Luft Quadrat 2669. | At 0430 hours, a Soviet submarine was sighted and attacked with two torpedoes (450mm) at a range of 800 metres. They missed as both torpedoes apparently hit a shoal after a run of 100 metres. This was probably SC-203 sunk three days later by CB 4. | |||||||
| 14. | CB 6 () | 27 Aug 1943 | 0600 | Sevastopol | 30 Aug 1943 | 1230 | Sevastopol | Patrolled between (a) 44°15'N, 34°15'E (b) 44°00'N, 34°15'E (c) 44°30'N, 34°45'E (d) 44°15'N, 34°45'E. | ||
| CB 6 () | 9 Sep 1943 | Sevastopol | 9 Sep 1943 | Sevastopol | Seized by the Germans at Sevastopol. Later ceded to Rumania and subsequently returned to the Italian Fascist Republic. Scuttled off Costanza at the Rumanian armistice. | |||||
| 15. | CB 6 () | 15 Sep 1943 | Sevastopol | 16 Sep 1943 | Sevastopol | Patrolled during operation MAINLAND. | ||||
| CM 1 (UIT.17) | 9 Apr 1945 | Monfalcone? | 10 Apr 1945 | AM | Pola | Passage Monfalcone?-Pola. | ||||
62 entries. 62 total patrol entries (15 marked as war patrols) and 2 events.