Italian submarines in World War Two
Italian Commanders
Leone Monteleoni
| Born | 15 Jul 1908 |
| Ranks
Decorations |
Career information
H.4 (T.V. C.O.): from 29.07.1940 to 26.10.1940.AMBRA (T.V. C.O.): from 27.10.1940 to 25.01.1941.
Promoted to C.C. in January 1941.
H.4 (C.C. C.O.): from 25.01.1941 to 12.04.1941.
H.4 (C.C. resp.): from 11.10.1944 to 30.11.1944 (reserve at Taranto).
DANDOLO (C.C. C.O.): from 01.01.1945 to 09.02.1946.
Commands listed for Leone Monteleoni
| Submarine | Type | Rank | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H 4 (H4) | Coastal | T.V. | 29 Jul 1940 | 26 Oct 1940 |
| Ambra (AM) | Coastal / Sea going | T.V. | 27 Oct 1940 | 25 Jan 1941 |
| H 4 (H4) | Coastal | C.C. | 25 Jan 1941 | 12 Apr 1941 |
| H 4 (H4) | Coastal | C.C. | 11 Oct 1944 | 30 Nov 1944 |
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | Ocean going | C.C. | 1 Jan 1945 | 9 Feb 1946 |
Ships hit by Leone Monteleoni
No ships hit by this Commander.War patrols listed for Leone Monteleoni
| Submarine | Date | Time | Port | Arr. date | Arr. time | Arr. port | Miles | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H 4 (H4) | 5 Aug 1940 | 0720 | La Spezia | 5 Aug 1940 | 1710 | La Spezia | 55 | Exercises. Possibly, this was a defensive patrol following a report that Force H was at sea. | ||
| H 4 (H4) | 14 Aug 1940 | 0900 | La Spezia | 14 Aug 1940 | 1645 | La Spezia | 48 | Exercises. | ||
| H 4 (H4) | 16 Aug 1940 | 0730 | La Spezia | 16 Aug 1940 | 1110 | La Spezia | 26 | Exercises. | ||
| H 4 (H4) | 24 Aug 1940 | 1305 | La Spezia | 24 Aug 1940 | 1750 | La Spezia | 30 | Exercises. | ||
| H 4 (H4) | 27 Aug 1940 | 0750 | La Spezia | 27 Aug 1940 | 1145 | La Spezia | 23 | Exercises. | ||
| H 4 (H4) | 28 Aug 1940 | 0800 | La Spezia | 28 Aug 1940 | 1630 | La Spezia | 53 | Exercises. | ||
| H 4 (H4) | 3 Sep 1940 | 1420 | La Spezia | 3 Sep 1940 | 1715 | La Spezia | 25 | Exercises. | ||
| H 4 (H4) | 17 Sep 1940 | 0705 | La Spezia | 17 Sep 1940 | 1655 | La Spezia | 50 | Exercises. | ||
| H 4 (H4) | 20 Sep 1940 | 1220 | La Spezia | 21 Sep 1940 | 0115 | La Spezia | 99,5 | Exercises. | ||
| H 4 (H4) | 14 Oct 1940 | 1250 | La Spezia | 14 Oct 1940 | 1810 | La Spezia | 49 | Exercises. | ||
| H 4 (H4) | 24 Oct 1940 | 1250 | La Spezia | 24 Oct 1940 | 1740 | La Spezia | 48 | Exercises. | ||
| Ambra (AM) | 10 Nov 1940 | 0942 | Taranto | 10 Nov 1940 | 1418 | Taranto | 34,5 | Exercises. | ||
| Ambra (AM) | 17 Nov 1940 | 0940 | Taranto | 17 Nov 1940 | 1656 | Taranto | 28 | Exercises. | ||
| Ambra (AM) | 22 Nov 1940 | 1330 | Taranto | 22 Nov 1940 | 1415 | Taranto | 0,3 | Exercises or change moorings? | ||
| Ambra (AM) | 29 Nov 1940 | 1700 | Taranto | 29 Nov 1940 | 1745 | Taranto | 0,1 | Exercises or change moorings? | ||
| Ambra (AM) | 2 Dec 1940 | 0931 | Taranto | 2 Dec 1940 | 1128 | Taranto | 4 | Exercises. | ||
| 1. | Ambra (AM) | 12 Dec 1940 | 0705 | Taranto | 21 Dec 1940 | 1758 | Taranto | 886,6 | Patrolled southwest of Corfu, within 10° miles on the parallel from 39°20'N, 19°30'E, on a barrage line with Sciesa. On 2nd October, the patrol was shifted 10 miles to the south. | |
| 16 Dec 1940 | 0346 | 39° 20'N, 19° 44'E | At 0346 hours, two destroyers were sighted at a range of 2,500 metres, steering 120°. The leading one turned toward Ambra and apparently dropped depth-charges at a distance. The submarine submerged and escaped. | |||||||
| 2. | Ambra (AM) | 30 Dec 1940 | 0710 | Taranto | 11 Jan 1941 | 1738 | Taranto | 832 | Patrolled south of the Otranto Straits on a line 090° - 10 miles from 39°00'N, 19°40'E. Uneventful. | |
| H 4 (H4) | 25 Jan 1941 | 0920 | La Spezia | 25 Jan 1941 | 1100 | La Spezia | 15 | Exercises. | ||
| H 4 (H4) | 31 Jan 1941 | 0845 | La Spezia | 31 Jan 1941 | 1045 | La Spezia | 22 | Exercises. | ||
| 3. | H 4 (H4) | 2 Feb 1941 | 1950 | La Spezia | 3 Feb 1941 | 1545 | La Spezia | 100 | Defensive patrol against enemy force, which might bombard the Italian coast. Uneventful. | |
| 4. | H 4 (H4) | 13 Mar 1941 | 1755 | La Spezia | 14 Mar 1941 | 1115 | La Spezia | 113 | Hydrophone watch in 44°03.5'N, 09°09'E. Uneventful. | |
| 5. | H 4 (H4) | 25 Mar 1941 | 1820 | La Spezia | 26 Mar 1941 | 1040 | La Spezia | 99 | Hydrophone watch in 44°00'N, 09°15'E. Uneventful. | |
| 6. | H 4 (H4) | 5 Apr 1941 | 2130 | La Spezia | 6 Apr 1941 | 0955 | La Spezia | 65,5 | Defensive patrol in 43°45'N, 09°30'E as an enemy naval force was reported approaching from the west. Uneventful. | |
| H 4 (H4) | 10 Apr 1941 | 1520 | La Spezia | 10 Apr 1941 | 1745 | La Spezia | 25 | Exercises. | ||
| H 4 (H4) | 11 Oct 1944 | Taranto | 30 Nov 1944 | Taranto | In reserve at Taranto. | |||||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 1 Jan 1945 | date??? | Bermuda | 1 Jan 1945 | date??? | New London (Conn.) | Passage Bermuda-New London (Conn.). | |||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 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). | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 16 Feb 1945 | 1320 | New London (CT) | 16 Feb 1945 | 1945 | New London (CT) | 30 | Trials. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 17 Feb 1945 | 1415 | New London (CT) | 17 Feb 1945 | 1450 | New London (CT) | 0,5 | Changed anchorage. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 24 Feb 1945 | 0356 | New London (CT) | 24 Feb 1945 | 0155 | New London (CT) | 195 | Exercises. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 26 Feb 1945 | 1027 | New London (CT) | 26 Feb 1945 | 1130 | New London (CT) | 0,5 | Changed anchorage. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 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. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 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). | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 1 Apr 1945 | 0718 | Guantanamo | 1 Apr 1945 | 1434 | Guantanamo | 44 | Exercises. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 2 Apr 1945 | 0713 | Guantanamo | 2 Apr 1945 | 1502 | Guantanamo | 30 | Exercises. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 3 Apr 1945 | 0715 | Guantanamo | 3 Apr 1945 | 1458 | Guantanamo | 30 | Exercises. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 4 Apr 1945 | 0716 | Guantanamo | 4 Apr 1945 | 1710 | Guantanamo | 53 | Exercises with the destroyer USS Henry W. Tucker (DD-875). | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 6 Apr 1945 | 0712 | Guantanamo | 6 Apr 1945 | 1652 | Guantanamo | 43 | Exercises. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 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). | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 14 Apr 1945 | 0725 | Guantanamo | 14 Apr 1945 | 1500 | Guantanamo | 29 | Exercises. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 18 Apr 1945 | 0735 | Guantanamo | 18 Apr 1945 | 1548 | Guantanamo | 31 | Exercises. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 20 Apr 1945 | 0715 | Guantanamo | 20 Apr 1945 | 1221 | Guantanamo | 37 | Exercises. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 21 Apr 1945 | 0720 | Guantanamo | 21 Apr 1945 | 1620 | Guantanamo | 52 | Exercises. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 29 Apr 1945 | 0716 | Guantanamo | 29 Apr 1945 | 1630 | Guantanamo | 38 | Exercises. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 1 May 1945 | 0720 | Guantanamo | 1 May 1945 | 1545 | Guantanamo | 43 | Exercises with high-speed transport USS Myers (APD-105, ex DE-595). | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 2 May 1945 | 0718 | Guantanamo | 2 May 1945 | 1614 | Guantanamo | 40 | Exercises. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 3 May 1945 | 0740 | Guantanamo | 3 May 1945 | 1445 | Guantanamo | 40 | Exercises. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 9 May 1945 | 0915 | Guantanamo | 9 May 1945 | 1805 | Guantanamo | 40 | Exercises. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 10 May 1945 | 0645 | Guantanamo | 10 May 1945 | 1450 | Guantanamo | 39 | Exercises. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 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, | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 16 May 1945 | 0701 | Guantanamo | 16 May 1945 | 1015 | Guantanamo | 27 | Exercises. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 18 May 1945 | 0625 | Guantanamo | 18 May 1945 | 1528 | Guantanamo | 38 | Exercises. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 19 May 1945 | 0635 | Guantanamo | 19 May 1945 | 1400 | Guantanamo | 38 | Exercises with the destroyer USS Beatty (DD-756). | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 27 May 1945 | 0620 | Guantanamo | 27 May 1945 | 1020 | Guantanamo | 22 | Exercises. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 28 May 1945 | 0640 | Guantanamo | 28 May 1945 | 1455 | Guantanamo | 38 | Exercises. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 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). | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 30 May 1945 | 0638 | Guantanamo | 30 May 1945 | 1506 | Guantanamo | 40 | Exercises. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 3 Jun 1945 | 0650 | Guantanamo | 3 Jun 1945 | 1506 | Guantanamo | 40 | Exercises. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 5 Jun 1945 | 0643 | Guantanamo | 5 Jun 1945 | 1425 | Guantanamo | 30 | Exercises. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 6 Jun 1945 | 0659 | Guantanamo | 6 Jun 1945 | 1541 | Guantanamo | 40 | Exercises. Possibly exercised with the destroyer escort USS Ramsden (DE-382). | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 11 Jun 1945 | 0700 | Guantanamo | 11 Jun 1945 | 1720 | Guantanamo | 60 | Exercises. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 13 Jun 1945 | 1035 | Guantanamo | 13 Jun 1945 | 1745 | Guantanamo | 38 | Exercises. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 15 Jun 1945 | 0810 | Guantanamo | 15 Jun 1945 | 1605 | Guantanamo | 40 | Exercises. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 18 Jun 1945 | 0827 | Guantanamo | 18 Jun 1945 | 1640 | Guantanamo | 34 | Exercises with the destroyer escort USS Burrows (DE-105). | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 3 Jul 1945 | 1015 | Guantanamo | 3 Jul 1945 | 1735 | Guantanamo | 37 | Exercises. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 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). | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 5 Jul 1945 | 0640 | Guantanamo | 5 Jul 1945 | 1410 | Guantanamo | 30 | Exercises. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 6 Jul 1945 | 0640 | Guantanamo | 6 Jul 1945 | 1125 | Guantanamo | 23 | Exercises. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 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). | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 10 Jul 1945 | 0638 | Guantanamo | 10 Jul 1945 | 1512 | Guantanamo | 36 | Exercises. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 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). | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 13 Jul 1945 | 0639 | Guantanamo | 13 Jul 1945 | 1424 | Guantanamo | 38 | Exercises. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 14 Jul 1945 | 0625 | Guantanamo | 14 Jul 1945 | 1008 | Guantanamo | 26 | Exercises. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 16 Jul 1945 | 0650 | Guantanamo | 16 Jul 1945 | 1245 | Guantanamo | 35 | Exercises with the destroyers USS Steinaker (DD-863) and USS Bordelon (DD-881). | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 17 Jul 1945 | 0650 | Guantanamo | 17 Jul 1945 | 1245 | Guantanamo | 27 | Exercises. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 19 Jul 1945 | 1238 | Guantanamo | 19 Jul 1945 | 1744 | Guantanamo | 24 | Exercises. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 21 Jul 1945 | 0645 | Guantanamo | 21 Jul 1945 | 1500 | Guantanamo | 38 | Exercises. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 22 Jul 1945 | 0635 | Guantanamo | 22 Jul 1945 | 1439 | Guantanamo | 37 | Exercises. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 23 Jul 1945 | 0638 | Guantanamo | 23 Jul 1945 | 1410 | Guantanamo | 29 | Exercises. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 23 Jul 1945 | 0638 | Guantanamo | 23 Jul 1945 | 1410 | Guantanamo | 29 | Exercises. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 26 Jul 1945 | 0645 | Guantanamo | 26 Jul 1945 | 1350 | Guantanamo | 29 | Exercises. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 27 Jul 1945 | 0635 | Guantanamo | 27 Jul 1945 | 1405 | Guantanamo | 37 | Exercises. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 28 Jul 1945 | 0635 | Guantanamo | 28 Jul 1945 | 1500 | Guantanamo | 32 | Exercises. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 29 Jul 1945 | 1150 | Guantanamo | 29 Jul 1945 | 1745 | Guantanamo | 24 | Exercises. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 30 Jul 1945 | 0935 | Guantanamo | 30 Jul 1945 | 1650 | Guantanamo | 30 | Exercises. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 12 Aug 1945 | 0640 | Guantanamo | 12 Aug 1945 | 1430 | Guantanamo | 31 | Exercises. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 14 Aug 1945 | 0640 | Guantanamo | 14 Aug 1945 | 1420 | Guantanamo | 32 | Exercises. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 19 Aug 1945 | 0640 | Guantanamo | 19 Aug 1945 | 1445 | Guantanamo | 31 | Exercises. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 21 Aug 1945 | 0645 | Guantanamo | 21 Aug 1945 | 1420 | Guantanamo | 30 | Exercises. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 23 Aug 1945 | 0730 | Guantanamo | 23 Aug 1945 | 1450 | Guantanamo | 31 | Exercises. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 24 Aug 1945 | 0630 | Guantanamo | 24 Aug 1945 | 1345 | Guantanamo | 32 | Exercises. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 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). | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 27 Aug 1945 | 0800 | Guantanamo | 27 Aug 1945 | 1500 | Guantanamo | 30 | Exercises. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 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. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 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. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 21 Oct 1945 | 1210 | Ponto Delgada | 26 Oct 1945 | 0725 | Gibraltar | 1002 | Passage Ponto Delgada-Gibraltar. | ||
| Dandolo ( DO, I.16) | 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). | ||
98 entries. 98 total patrol entries (6 marked as war patrols) and 1 events.