Italian submarines in World War Two
Italian Commanders
Alberto Galeazzi
| Born | 6 Aug 1906 | Marina di Campo (Leghorn) | |
| Died | 1987 | (80) | Milan |
| Ranks
Decorations
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Career information
H.1 (T.V. First Officer): from 05.02.1940 to April 1940?H.1 (T.V. C.O.): from May 1940? to 30.06.1940.
H.2 (T.V. C.O.): from 01.07.1940 to 16.09.1940.
TITO SPERI (T.V. C.O.): from 19.09.1940 to 03.01.1941.
PIETRO MICCA (T.V. C.O.): from 23.04.1942 to 20.03.1943.
OTARIA (T.V. C.O.): from 25.02.1943 to 12.04.1943. Joined RSI.
Commands listed for Alberto Galeazzi
| Submarine | Type | Rank | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H 1 (H1, P.56) | Coastal | T.V. | 5 Feb 1940 | 30 Jun 1940 |
| H 2 (H2) | Coastal | T.V. | 1 Jul 1940 | 16 Sep 1940 |
| Tito Speri (TS) | Ocean going | T.V. | 19 Sep 1940 | 3 Jan 1941 |
| Pietro Micca (MC) | Minelaying | T.V. | 23 Apr 1942 | 20 Mar 1943 |
| Otaria (OA, I.25) | Ocean going | T.V. | 25 Feb 1943 | 12 Apr 1943 |
Ships hit by Alberto Galeazzi
No ships hit by this Commander.War patrols listed for Alberto Galeazzi
| Submarine | Date | Time | Port | Arr. date | Arr. time | Arr. port | Miles | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | H 1 (H1, P.56) | 9 Jun 1940 | 2400 | La Spezia | 13 Jun 1940 | 0625 | La Spezia | 193,5 | Patrolled between La Gorgona and Cape Corso. | |
| 2. | H 1 (H1, P.56) | 19 Jun 1940 | 2300 | La Spezia | 25 Jun 1940 | 1006 | La Spezia | 375,5 | Defensive patrol with H.8 195° - Genoa Light - 15 miles. | |
| 3. | H 2 (H2) | 9 Jul 1940 | 2200 | La Spezia | 14 Jul 1940 | 0700 | La Spezia | 327 | Patrolled 110° - Cape Noli - 30 miles. | |
| H 2 (H2) | 25 Jul 1940 | 0545 | La Spezia | 25 Jul 1940 | 1020 | La Spezia | 26,5 | Exercises. | ||
| H 2 (H2) | 30 Jul 1940 | 0600 | La Spezia | 30 Jul 1940 | 1430 | La Spezia | 71 | Exercises. | ||
| H 2 (H2) | 3 Aug 1940 | 0645 | La Spezia | 3 Aug 1940 | 1330 | La Spezia | 25 | Exercises. | ||
| 4. | H 2 (H2) | 6 Aug 1940 | 1500 | La Spezia | 10 Aug 1940 | 0800 | La Spezia | 399 | Defensive patrol in Ligurian Gulf. Uneventful. | |
| H 2 (H2) | 28 Aug 1940 | 0800 | La Spezia | 28 Aug 1940 | 1630 | La Spezia | 55 | Exercises. | ||
| H 2 (H2) | 6 Sep 1940 | 1230 | La Spezia | 6 Sep 1940 | 1755 | La Spezia | 21 | Exercises. | ||
| H 2 (H2) | 12 Sep 1940 | 1245 | La Spezia | 12 Sep 1940 | 1750 | La Spezia | 21 | Exercises. | ||
| Tito Speri (TS) | 19 Sep 1940 | 0610 | Messina | 19 Sep 1940 | 1430 | Messina | 58,5 | Exercises. | ||
| Tito Speri (TS) | 23 Sep 1940 | 0600 | Messina | 23 Sep 1940 | 1550 | Messina | 71 | Exercises. | ||
| 5. | Tito Speri (TS) | 13 Oct 1940 | 0600 | Messina | 23 Oct 1940 | 1340 | Messina | 1277,5 | Patrolled between Crete and Alexandria, within 10 miles from a line between 33°55'N, 24°30'E, and between 33°10'E and 24°00'E. | |
| 14 Oct 1940 | 1232 | (0) 120 miles from Malta (probably NE). | The submarine heard several explosions of bombs some quite close but hydrophones did not detect any sound so these must have come from an enemy bomber. She escaped damage. | |||||||
| Tito Speri (TS) | 5 Nov 1940 | 0800 | Messina | 5 Nov 1940 | 1630 | Messina | 62 | Exercises. | ||
| Tito Speri (TS) | 16 Nov 1940 | 1300 | Messina | 17 Nov 1940 | 1030 | Taranto | 253 | Passage Messina-Taranto. Then long refit. | ||
| Tito Speri (TS) | 1 Jan 1941 | 0920 | Taranto | 1 Jan 1941 | 1750 | Taranto | 37 | Trials after refit. | ||
| Pietro Micca (MC) | 26 Apr 1942 | 0610 | Taranto | 26 Apr 1942 | 1323 | Taranto | 35 | Trials and exercises. | ||
| Pietro Micca (MC) | 30 Apr 1942 | 0830 | Taranto | 30 Apr 1942 | 1504 | Taranto | 38,5 | Exercises with Bronzo, escorted by Audace. | ||
| Pietro Micca (MC) | 3 May 1942 | 1300 | Taranto | 3 May 1942 | 1748 | Taranto | 37 | Exercises. | ||
| Pietro Micca (MC) | 4 May 1942 | 1310 | Taranto | 4 May 1942 | 1830 | Taranto | 35,5 | Exercises. | ||
| Pietro Micca (MC) | 19 May 1942 | 0942 | Taranto | 19 May 1942 | 1857 | Taranto | 33,5 | Exercises. | ||
| Pietro Micca (MC) | 21 May 1942 | 1320 | Taranto | 21 May 1942 | 1810 | Taranto | 27,5 | Exercises, escorted back by the minesweeper R.D.13. | ||
| Pietro Micca (MC) | 25 May 1942 | 0830 | Taranto | 25 May 1942 | 1730 | Taranto | 71 | Trials. | ||
| Pietro Micca (MC) | 30 May 1942 | 1320 | Taranto | 30 May 1942 | 1803 | Taranto | 24 | Exercises, escorted back by R.D.30. | ||
| Pietro Micca (MC) | 5 Jun 1942 | 1323 | Taranto | 5 Jun 1942 | 1820 | Taranto | 26 | Exercises. | ||
| 6. | Pietro Micca (MC) | 14 Jun 1942 | 0815 | Taranto | 19 Jun 1942 | 1438 | Taranto | 911 | Patrolled southeast of Malta, between 34°20'N and 34°40'N, and between 14°40'E and 15°00'E. | |
| 15 Jun 1942 | 0530 | 37° 26'N, 17° 16'E | At 0530 hours, a Sunderland was seen at a distance of 5000 metres and attacked the submarine. Micca crash-dived and, at 0533 hours, she was shaken by four explosions but escaped without damage by going to 80 meters. More explosions followed but at a distance. | |||||||
| Pietro Micca (MC) | 20 Jun 1942 | 1020 | Taranto | 20 Jun 1942 | 1740 | Taranto | 80 | Sailed for patrol toward Crotone, but then ordered back. | ||
| 7. | Pietro Micca (MC) | 24 Jun 1942 | 1045 | Taranto | 28 Jun 1942 | 0900 | Benghazi | 1053 | Supply mission to Benghazi (185 tons: 181.5 tons of petrol and 3.5 tons of foodstuff). Uneventful. ULTRA sigint had learnt that Micca was going to Benghazi passing through 33°14’ N, 18°30’ E (see DEFE3/759/554 & 563, TNA) [mileage is for round trip]. | |
| 26 Jun 1942 | 1001C (e) | (e) 35° 07'N, 18° 09'E | A RAF aircraft sighted a submarine steering 172 degrees at 10 knots. This was most probably Pietro Micca proceeding to Benghazi. | |||||||
| 8. | Pietro Micca (MC) | 28 Jun 1942 | 2015 | Benghazi | 2 Jul 1942 | 1650 | Taranto | Return trip from supply mission to Benghazi. | ||
| 1 Jul 1942 | 0448 | 37° 12'N, 17° 48'E | At 0448 hours, a Sunderland was seen at a distance of 3000 metres and the submarine dived. | |||||||
| 9. | Pietro Micca (MC) | 8 Jul 1942 | 1100 | Taranto | 12 Jul 1942 | 0815 | Benghazi | Supply mission to Benghazi (176.6 tons: 169.6 tons of petrol and 7 tons of ammunition). Uneventful. | ||
| Pietro Micca (MC) | 12 Jul 1942 | 1800 | Benghazi | 12 Jul 1942 | 2215 | Benghazi | Changed anchorage. | |||
| Pietro Micca (MC) | 13 Jul 1942 | 0600 | Benghazi | 13 Jul 1942 | 0900 | Benghazi | Changed anchorage to continue unloading. | |||
| 10. | Pietro Micca (MC) | 13 Jul 1942 | 1143 | Benghazi | 16 Jul 1942 | 1600 | Taranto | 1044 | Return trip from supply mission to Benghazi. Uneventful [mileage is for round trip]. | |
| 11. | Pietro Micca (MC) | 27 Jul 1942 | 1215 | Taranto | 31 Jul 1942 | 0800 | Benghazi | Supply mission to Benghazi via 39°20'N, 17°40'E and 38°30'N, 17°40'E (170.3 tons: 166.8 tons of petrol, 3.5 tons of provisions). | ||
| 31 Jul 1942 | 0500 | (0) Point C of Benghazi. | At 0500 hours, the Italian hospital ship Arno (8,024 GRT, built 1926) was observed arriving at Benghazi. | |||||||
| 31 Jul 1942 | 0520 | (0) Point C of Benghazi. | At 0520 hours, a German aircraft was seen and exchanged recognition signals. | |||||||
| 12. | Pietro Micca (MC) | 31 Jul 1942 | 1515 | Benghazi | 3 Aug 1942 | 1628 | Taranto | 1067 | Return trip from supply mission to Benghazi. Uneventful. Heard only H.E. without sighting anything. | |
| 31 Jul 1942 | 0500 | (0) Point C of Benghazi. | At 0500 hours, the Italian hospital ship Arno (8,024 GRT, built 1926) was observed arriving at Benghazi. | |||||||
| 31 Jul 1942 | 0520 | (0) Point C of Benghazi. | At 0520 hours, a German aircraft was seen and exchanged recognition signals. | |||||||
| Pietro Micca (MC) | 4 Aug 1942 | 1630 | Taranto | 4 Aug 1942 | 1920 | Taranto | 20 | Trials. | ||
| 13. | Pietro Micca (MC) | 21 Aug 1942 | 1130 | Taranto | 24 Aug 1942 | 1212 | Benghazi | 1050 | Supply mission to Benghazi (123.4 tons: 102 tons of petrol and 21.4 tons of mineral water) [mileage is for round trip]. | |
| 23 Aug 1942 | 0915 | 35° 00'N, 18° 00'E | At 0915 hours, a large aircraft was seen and the submarine dived. However, at 1100 hours, petrol fumes forced Micca to continue her passage on the surface to ventilate the submarine. | |||||||
| 23 Aug 1942 | 1420 | 34° 34'N, 18° 20'E | At 1420 hours, a large white buoy, surmounted by a flag post 6 meters tall flying a black flag, was observed at a distance of 700 metres. Shortly after, a periscope was sighted at a distance of 500 meters. | |||||||
| 14. | Pietro Micca (MC) | 24 Aug 1942 | 2330 | Benghazi | 28 Aug 1942 | 1630 | Taranto | 1187,5 | Return trip from supply mission to Benghazi. Uneventful. | |
| Pietro Micca (MC) | 29 Aug 1942 | 1455 | Taranto | 29 Aug 1942 | 1630 | Taranto | 9 | Trials. | ||
| 15. | Pietro Micca (MC) | 12 Sep 1942 | 1125 | Taranto | 16 Sep 1942 | 0930 | Tripoli | Supply mission to Tripoli (170.9 tons of petrol). Uneventful. | ||
| 16. | Pietro Micca (MC) | 17 Sep 1942 | 1400 | Tripoli | 21 Sep 1942 | 1345 | Taranto | 1414 | Return trip from supply mission to Tripoli. Uneventful [mileage is for round trip]. | |
| 17. | Pietro Micca (MC) | 30 Sep 1942 | 1530 | Taranto | 4 Oct 1942 | 0820 | Benghazi | Supply mission to Benghazi (169 tons: 168.5 tons of petrol, 0.5 ton of various stores). Uneventful. | ||
| 18. | Pietro Micca (MC) | 4 Oct 1942 | 1505 | Benghazi | 7 Oct 1942 | 1415 | Taranto | 1066 | Return trip from supply mission to Benghazi [mileage is for round trip]. | |
| 7 Oct 1942 | 0513 | 39° 42'N, 18° 19'E (0) 180° - Santa Maria di Leuca - 5 miles. | At 0513 hours, an enemy submarine was sighted at a distance of 700 metres, A stern torpedo misfired and the attack was finally aborted as Micca could not get into a favourable position and the second stern tube was not ready for firing. No Allied submarine operated in the area. The sighting must have been bogus. | |||||||
| 19. | Pietro Micca (MC) | 15 Oct 1942 | 1100 | Taranto | 17 Oct 1942 | 1220 | Taranto | 430 | Supply mission to Benghazi carrying 176 tons of stores (172 tons petrol and 4 of foodstuff), aborted when damaged by storm, lost one rating overboard. | |
| 16 Oct 1942 | 0550 | 37° 40'N, 17° 30'E | At 0550 hours, extremely heavy weather was encountered. Two giant waves engulfed the submarine and 20 tons of water entered through the hatch. The rating Giuseppe Canta, was thrown overboard and drowned. Micca had to abort her mission due to weather damage. | |||||||
| Pietro Micca (MC) | 7 Nov 1942 | 0800 | Taranto | 7 Nov 1942 | 1424 | Taranto | 35 | Exercises. | ||
| 20. | Pietro Micca (MC) | 14 Nov 1942 | 1120 | Taranto | 17 Nov 1942 | 1239 | Tripoli | Supply mission to Tripoli (173 tons of petrol) [15th November: ULTRA reported her as due in Tripoli on 17th November]. | ||
| 17 Nov 1942 | 0600 0555-0623 (e) | 32° 55'N, 14° 08'E | At 0600 hours, an enemy submarine proceeding on the surface, was sighted at a distance of 3,000 metres. Micca turned away. This was HMS Porpoise (Lieutenant L.A.W. Bennington, DSC, RN). She had sighted the Italian submarine at a distance of 5-6 miles and dived. At 0612 hours, Micca was observed through the periscope at a distance 3 miles, zigzagging between 250 and 300°. At 0623 hours, contact was lost. An ULTRA signal had revealed the expected arrival of the Italian submarine at Tripoli on this day. | |||||||
| 21. | Pietro Micca (MC) | 18 Nov 1942 | 1500 | Taranto | 22 Nov 1942 | 1930 | Tripoli | 1158 | Return trip from supply mission to Tripoli [mileage is for round trip]. | |
| 22 Nov 1942 | 1050 | (0) 082° - Cape Trionto - 2 miles and 070° - Cape Trionto - 4 miles. | At 1050 hours, two derelict mines were sighted. | |||||||
| Pietro Micca (MC) | 10 Dec 1942 | 0940 | Taranto | 10 Dec 1942 | 1540 | Taranto | 39,5 | Trials. | ||
| Pietro Micca (MC) | 19 Dec 1942 | 0845 | Taranto | 19 Dec 1942 | 1033 | Taranto | 9 | Trials. | ||
| 22. | Pietro Micca (MC) | 21 Dec 1942 | 2330 | Taranto | 24 Dec 1942 | 0512 | Messina | Supply mission to Tripoli, but diverted to Messina because of a defective water pump. | ||
| 23. | Pietro Micca (MC) | 25 Dec 1942 | 0855 | Messina | 27 Dec 1942 | 1622 | Tripoli | Supply mission to Tripoli [175.4 tons: 174.5 tons of petrol and 0.9 of various stores] , via 37°20'N, 16°40'E and 35°22'N, 16°44'E (instead of 34°00'N, 16°50'E as ordered, because the submarine was late on her schedule) and Point B of Tripoli. The importance of the mission was emphasized by a personal message from Admiral Riccardi. | ||
| 26 Dec 1942 | 0745 | (0) 120 miles SE of Malta. | At 0745 hours, an aircraft was seen at a distance of 5,000 metres. The submarine dived and four explosions were heard. | |||||||
| 26 Dec 1942 | 1245 | At 1245 hours, two Italian aircraft were seen and exchanged recognition signals. | ||||||||
| 24. | Pietro Micca (MC) | 28 Dec 1942 | 0020 | Tripoli | 31 Dec 1942 | 1230 | Taranto | 1461 | Return trip from supply mission to Tripoli [mileage is for round trip]. | |
| 28 Dec 1942 | 0720 | (0) 55 miles NE of Tripoli. | At 0720 hours, a Sunderland was seen at a distance of 4,000 metres and the submarine dived. | |||||||
| Otaria (OA, I.25) | 26 Feb 1943 | 0845 | Fiume | 26 Feb 1943 | 2235 | Fiume | 43,5 | Exercises. | ||
| Otaria (OA, I.25) | 27 Feb 1943 | 1252 | Fiume | 27 Feb 1943 | 2203 | Fiume | 37,2 | Exercises. | ||
| Otaria (OA, I.25) | 2 Mar 1943 | 0928 | Fiume | 2 Mar 1943 | 2224 | Fiume | 50 | Exercises. | ||
| Otaria (OA, I.25) | 4 Mar 1943 | 1013 | Fiume | 4 Mar 1943 | 2155 | Fiume | 48,5 | Exercises. | ||
| Otaria (OA, I.25) | 6 Mar 1943 | 1020 | Fiume | 6 Mar 1943 | 2230 | Fiume | 57,5 | Exercises. | ||
| Otaria (OA, I.25) | 9 Mar 1943 | 0947 | Fiume | 9 Mar 1943 | 2320 | Fiume | 65,6 | Exercises. | ||
| Otaria (OA, I.25) | 11 Mar 1943 | 0958 | Fiume | 11 Mar 1943 | 2140 | Fiume | 57,5 | Exercises. | ||
| Otaria (OA, I.25) | 13 Mar 1943 | 0910 | Fiume | 13 Mar 1943 | 2130 | Fiume | 60 | Exercises. | ||
| Otaria (OA, I.25) | 15 Mar 1943 | 0759 | Fiume | 15 Mar 1943 | 1316 | Fiume | 27,6 | Exercises. | ||
| Otaria (OA, I.25) | 16 Mar 1943 | 1035 | Fiume | 16 Mar 1943 | 2255 | Fiume | 56,5 | Exercises. | ||
| Otaria (OA, I.25) | 18 Mar 1943 | 1055 | Fiume | 18 Mar 1943 | 2240 | Fiume | 54 | Exercises. | ||
| Otaria (OA, I.25) | 20 Mar 1943 | 1120 | Fiume | 20 Mar 1943 | 2140 | Fiume | 51 | Exercises. | ||
| Otaria (OA, I.25) | 23 Mar 1943 | 1310 | Fiume | 23 Mar 1943 | 2225 | Fiume | 32,5 | Exercises. | ||
| Otaria (OA, I.25) | 30 Mar 1943 | 1018 | Fiume | 30 Mar 1943 | 1220 | Fiume | 15,3 | Exercises. | ||
| Otaria (OA, I.25) | 30 Mar 1943 | 1627 | Fiume | 30 Mar 1943 | 2315 | Fiume | 47 | Exercises. | ||
| Otaria (OA, I.25) | 1 Apr 1943 | 1245 | Fiume | 1 Apr 1943 | 2312 | Fiume | 55 | Exercises. | ||
| Otaria (OA, I.25) | 3 Apr 1943 | 1015 | Fiume | 3 Apr 1943 | 2250 | Fiume | 57,8 | Exercises. | ||
| Otaria (OA, I.25) | 6 Apr 1943 | 1135 | Fiume | 7 Apr 1943 | 2355 | Fiume | 67 | Exercises. | ||
| Otaria (OA, I.25) | 8 Apr 1943 | 1243 | Fiume | 8 Apr 1943 | 2255 | Fiume | 58 | Exercises. | ||
| Otaria (OA, I.25) | 10 Apr 1943 | 1002 | Fiume | 10 Apr 1943 | 1340 | Fiume | 19 | Exercises. | ||
| Otaria (OA, I.25) | 10 Apr 1943 | 1502 | Fiume | 10 Apr 1943 | 2325 | Fiume | 55,5 | Exercises. | ||
77 entries. 73 total patrol entries (24 marked as war patrols) and 17 events.