Italian submarines in World War Two
Italian Commanders
Bruno Zelik
| Born | 30 Oct 1903 | Trieste | |
| Died | 10 Aug 1942 | (38) | Killed in action |
| Ranks
Decorations
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Career information
REGINALDO GIULIANI (T.V. C.O.): from 25.04.1940 to 12.08.1940.VETTOR PISANI (T.V. C.O.): from 23.10.1940 to 04.11.1941.
Promoted to C.C. in October 1940).
FRANCESCO RISMONDO (C.C. C.O.): from 04.11.1941 to 28.01.1942.
TOPAZIO (C.C. C.O.): from 09.02.1942 to 28.02.1942.
ONICE (C.C. C.O.): from 29.01.1942 to 23.05.1942.
SCIRÈ (C.C. C.O.): from 24.05.1942 to 10.08.1942 (sunk, Zelik was killed).
Commands listed for Bruno Zelik
| Submarine | Type | Rank | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reginaldo Giuliani (GN, I.14, UIT.23) | Ocean going | T.V. | 25 Apr 1940 | 12 Aug 1940 |
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | Ocean going | C.C. | 23 Oct 1940 | 4 Nov 1941 |
| Francesco Rismondo (ex-N.1, ex-Osvetnik) (RI) | C.C. | 4 Nov 1941 | 28 Jan 1942 | |
| Topazio (TP) | Coastal / Sea going | C.C. | 9 Feb 1942 | 28 Feb 1942 |
| Onice (OC) | Coastal / Sea going | C.C. | 29 Jan 1942 | 23 May 1942 |
| Scirè (SR) | Coastal / Sea going | C.C. | 24 May 1942 | 10 Aug 1942 |
Ships hit by Bruno Zelik
No ships hit by this Commander.War patrols listed for Bruno Zelik
| Submarine | Date | Time | Port | Arr. date | Arr. time | Arr. port | Miles | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Reginaldo Giuliani (GN, I.14, UIT.23) | 6 Jun 1940 | 0800 | Taranto | 21 Jun 1940 | 1810 | Taranto | 1462,8 | Patrolled 35 miles south of Gavdo and south of Crete in 34°20'N, 24°20'E. On 18th June, patrol was shifted 25 miles to the west. Formed a line with Bagnolini, Tarantini and Salpa. | |
| Reginaldo Giuliani (GN, I.14, UIT.23) | 1 Jul 1940 | 0800 | Taranto | 1 Jul 1940 | 1055 | Taranto | 10,5 | Exercises. | ||
| Reginaldo Giuliani (GN, I.14, UIT.23) | 11 Jul 1940 | 1155 | Taranto | 11 Jul 1940 | 1533 | Taranto | 19 | Exercises. | ||
| 2. | Reginaldo Giuliani (GN, I.14, UIT.23) | 12 Jul 1940 | 0748 | Taranto | 27 Jul 1940 | 1543 | Taranto | 1682,9 | Patrolled northeast of Derna from 33°05'N, 22°40'E, 20 miles to SE and SW with the submarine Bagnolini. From the night of 23 July, patrol was shifted to 33°40'N parallel. | |
| 24 Jul 1940 | 0435 | (0) Off Derna. | At 0435 hours, As the submarine was diving, the hatch fell heavily on the head of the gunner Cesario Verardo. The gunner was severely injured and despite attempts to administer him first aid he died at 0525 hours on the following day. | |||||||
| 27 Jul 1940 | 0157 0215 (e) | (0) 31 miles south of Cape Santa Maria di Leuca. | At 0157 hours, Giuliani sighted a shadow at 1,200-1,500 metres. It was believed to be a submarine and it dived. This was most likely Bagnolini. Giuliani also dived and Zelik heard a noise and believed the "enemy" submarine had fired a torpedo, but this was not the case. | |||||||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 16 Nov 1940 | 0815 | Pola | 16 Nov 1940 | 1536 | Pola | 25,4 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 22 Nov 1940 | 0758 | Pola | 22 Nov 1940 | 1605 | Pola | 52 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 26 Nov 1940 | 0918 | Pola | 26 Nov 1940 | 1630 | Pola | 54,5 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 29 Nov 1940 | 0755 | Pola | 29 Nov 1940 | 1715 | Pola | 63 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 4 Dec 1940 | 0800 | Pola | 4 Dec 1940 | 1700 | Pola | 61,2 | Exercises, escorted by the auxiliary San Giorgio. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 6 Dec 1940 | 0800 | Pola | 6 Dec 1940 | 1725 | Pola | 55,4 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 11 Dec 1940 | 0812 | Pola | 11 Dec 1940 | 1715 | Pola | 56,9 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 14 Dec 1940 | 0800 | Pola | 15 Dec 1940 | 0340 | Pola | 81,2 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 19 Dec 1940 | 0800 | Pola | 19 Dec 1940 | 1736 | Pola | 57,5 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 21 Dec 1940 | 1610 | Pola | 22 Dec 1940 | 0150 | Pola | 65 | Exercises, escorted by the auxiliary Laurana. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 27 Dec 1940 | 0805 | Pola | 27 Dec 1940 | 1730 | Pola | 59,3 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 30 Dec 1940 | 0800 | Pola | 30 Dec 1940 | 1730 | Pola | 61,1 | Exercises, escorted by the auxiliary Laurana. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 2 Jan 1941 | 0945 | Pola | 2 Jan 1941 | 1650 | Pola | 53 | Sailed with the submarine Adua, escorted by the auxiliary Jadera for attack exercises on torpedo boat Audace. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 4 Jan 1941 | Pola | 4 Jan 1941 | Pola | 81,4 | Exercises with the submarine Adua escorted by the auxiliary Laurana. | ||||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 7 Jan 1941 | 0900 | Pola | 8 Jan 1941 | 0050 | Pola | 81,4 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 9 Jan 1941 | 0800 | Pola | 9 Jan 1941 | 1610 | Pola | 54,1 | Exercises with the auxiliary Laurana. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 13 Jan 1941 | 0800 | Pola | 15 Jan 1941 | 0100 | Pola | 138,1 | Exercises. Apparently stopped at Rovigno on 14th January then passage to Pola with torpedo boat Audace, the auxiliary Jadera and submarines Adua, Fieramosca and Fisalia. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 16 Jan 1941 | 0800 | Pola | 16 Jan 1941 | 1645 | Pola | 64,9 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 21 Jan 1941 | 0800 | Pola | 21 Jan 1941 | 1645 | Pola | 64,8 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 23 Jan 1941 | 0803 | Pola | 23 Jan 1941 | 1745 | Pola | 63,5 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 25 Jan 1941 | 0800 | Pola | 26 Jan 1941 | 0212 | Pola | 81,2 | Attack exercises on the torpedo boat Audace, escorted by the auxiliaries San Giorgio and Jadera. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 28 Jan 1941 | 1617 | Pola | 29 Jan 1941 | 0130 | Pola | 61 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 30 Jan 1941 | 0805 | Pola | 30 Jan 1941 | 1730 | Pola | 64,5 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 31 Jan 1941 | 0810 | Pola | 1 Feb 1941 | 0100 | Pola | 89,5 | Attack exercises on the torpedo boat Audace. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 3 Feb 1941 | 0810 | Pola | 3 Feb 1941 | 1900 | Pola | 67,4 | Sailed with the submarine Fisalia, escorted by the auxiliary San Giorgio, for exercises with the torpedo boat Audace. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 7 Feb 1941 | 0820 | Pola | 8 Feb 1941 | 0045 | Pola | 82 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 8 Feb 1941 | 1750 | Pola | 9 Feb 1941 | 0140 | Pola | 66 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 10 Feb 1941 | 0818 | Pola | 10 Feb 1941 | 2029 | Pola | 54,9 | Exercises with the submarine Fieramosca, escorted by the auxiliary San Giorgio. | ||
| 10 Feb 1941 | 1454 | (0) Near Island of S. Caterina (near Rovigno). | The submarine was returning from exercises due to the sudden fog when she ran aground but later managed to disengage herself. An inquest exonerated C.C. Zelik from responsibility. | |||||||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 23 Feb 1941 | 0823 | Pola | 23 Feb 1941 | 1700 | Pola | 54,5 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 24 Feb 1941 | 0810 | Pola | 24 Feb 1941 | 1830 | Pola | 65,1 | Sailed with the submarines Fisalia and Adua, escorted by the auxiliaries San Giorgio and Jadera, for torpedo firing exercises with the torpedo boat Audace. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 26 Feb 1941 | 0813 | Pola | 26 Feb 1941 | 1654 | Pola | 63,6 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 28 Feb 1941 | 0815 | Pola | 1 Mar 1941 | 0115 | Pola | 75,3 | Exercises with the submarine Des Geneys, escorted by the auxiliary Laurana and then by San Giorgio, for night firing exercises with the torpedo boat Audace. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 1 Mar 1941 | 1741 | Pola | 2 Mar 1941 | 0050 | Pola | 63 | Exercises, escorted by the torpedo boat Audace and the auxiliary San Giorgio. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 3 Mar 1941 | 0810 | Pola | 3 Mar 1941 | 1825 | Pola | 61,4 | Exercises with Des Geneys, escorted by the torpedo boat Audace and the auxiliaries San Giorgio, Jadera and Laurana. | ||
| 3. | Vettor Pisani (PN) | 6 Mar 1941 | 0811 | Pola | 7 Mar 1941 | 0010 | Pola | 97,9 | Sailed for defensive patrol, escorted by the auxiliaries Jadera and Tenace. | |
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 8 Mar 1941 | 0820 | Pola | 8 Mar 1941 | 1700 | Pola | 54,6 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 10 Mar 1941 | 0815 | Pola | 10 Mar 1941 | 1750 | Pola | 59,8 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 12 Mar 1941 | 0920 | Pola | 12 Mar 1941 | 1726 | Pola | 27,2 | Exercises, escorted by the auxiliaries San Giorgio and Jadera. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 13 Mar 1941 | 1746 | Pola | 13 Mar 1941 | 2330 | Pola | 45 | Exercises, escorted by the auxiliary San Giorgio. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 15 Mar 1941 | 0820 | Pola | 15 Mar 1941 | 2351 | Pola | 70,2 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 18 Mar 1941 | 0826 | Pola | 18 Mar 1941 | 1700 | Pola | 48,4 | Exercises with the torpedo boat Audace, escorted by the auxiliary Jadera. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 20 Mar 1941 | 0815 | Pola | 20 Mar 1941 | 1830 | Pola | 62,6 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 21 Mar 1941 | 0815 | Pola | 21 Mar 1941 | 1420 | Pola | 43,2 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 26 Mar 1941 | 0825 | Pola | 26 Mar 1941 | 1734 | Pola | 64,9 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 29 Mar 1941 | 1746 | Pola | 30 Mar 1941 | 0050 | Pola | 49 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 31 Mar 1941 | 1145 | Pola | 31 Mar 1941 | 1713 | Pola | 77,2 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 1 Apr 1941 | 0815 | Pola | 1 Apr 1941 | 1715 | Pola | 52,9 | Exercises, escorted by the auxiliaries Laurana and San Giorgio. | ||
| 4. | Vettor Pisani (PN) | 4 Apr 1941 | 1540 | Pola | 5 Apr 1941 | 1000 | Pola | 103,5 | Hydrophone watch with the submarine Des Geneys, to cover an Italian convoy in northern Adriatic in 45°12'N, 12°57'E. Uneventful. | |
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 6 Apr 1941 | 1955 | Pola | 7 Apr 1941 | 0725 | Pola | 4,5 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 7 May 1941 | 0800 | Pola | 7 May 1941 | 1740 | Pola | 51,8 | Exercises with the submarine Bragadino, escorted by auxiliary San Giorgio. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 9 May 1941 | 0725 | Pola | 9 May 1941 | 1825 | Pola | 61,6 | Exercises with the submarine Des Geneys, escorted by auxiliary Gigliola. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 10 May 1941 | 1040 | Pola | 11 May 1941 | 0230 | Pola | 69,1 | Exercises with the submarine Des Geneys, escorted by the auxiliary Gigliola and then night torpedo firing exercises with torpedo boat Audace. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 13 May 1941 | 1030 | Pola | 13 May 1941 | 1150 | Pola | 31,6 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 14 May 1941 | 0800 | Pola | 14 May 1941 | 1855 | Pola | 60,1 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 16 May 1941 | 0820 | Pola | 16 May 1941 | 1830 | Pola | 47,7 | Exercises with the submarine Toti in zone 2, escorted by auxiliary Morrhua. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 17 May 1941 | 0744 | Pola | 17 May 1941 | 1807 | Pola | 55,4 | Exercises with the submarine Toti, escorted by the auxiliary Cilicia. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 20 May 1941 | 0800 | Pola | 20 May 1941 | 1840 | Pola | 60,4 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 21 May 1941 | 0800 | Pola | 21 May 1941 | 1910 | Pola | 59,5 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 22 May 1941 | 0800 | Pola | 22 May 1941 | 1840 | Pola | 61,3 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 24 May 1941 | 0800 | Pola | 25 May 1941 | 0157 | Pola | 75 | Exercises with the submarines Narvalo, Bausan, Speri and Toti, escorted by the auxiliaries San Giorgio, Jadera and Morrhua. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 26 May 1941 | 0805 | Pola | 26 May 1941 | 1811 | Pola | 60,2 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 28 May 1941 | 0800 | Pola | 28 May 1941 | 1355 | Pola | 54,2 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 31 May 1941 | 0730 | Pola | 1 Jun 1941 | 0251 | Pola | 95,4 | Exercises, escorted by the auxiliary Jadera. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 3 Jun 1941 | 0745 | Pola | 3 Jun 1941 | 1835 | Pola | 62,5 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 4 Jun 1941 | 0800 | Pola | 4 Jun 1941 | 1540 | Pola | 68,1 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 6 Jun 1941 | 0825 | Pola | 6 Jun 1941 | 1834 | Pola | 35 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 7 Jun 1941 | 1305 | Pola | 8 Jun 1941 | 0150 | Pola | 57,8 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 9 Jun 1941 | 0800 | Pola | 9 Jun 1941 | 1640 | Pola | 67,2 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 11 Jun 1941 | 0800 | Pola | 11 Jun 1941 | 1820 | Pola | 60,3 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 13 Jun 1941 | 0800 | Pola | 13 Jun 1941 | 1850 | Pola | 56,6 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 14 Jun 1941 | 0734 | Pola | 14 Jun 1941 | 1820 | Pola | 59,6 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 16 Jun 1941 | 0800 | Pola | 16 Jun 1941 | 1820 | Pola | 53,8 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 17 Jun 1941 | 1045 | Pola | 18 Jun 1941 | 0321 | Pola | 69,5 | Exercises, escorted by the auxiliary San Giorgio. | ||
| 5. | Vettor Pisani (PN) | 19 Jun 1941 | 1710 | Pola | 21 Jun 1941 | 0130 | Pola | 422 | Patrolled in Adriatic. | |
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 26 Jun 1941 | 0737 | Pola | 26 Jun 1941 | 1705 | Pola | 60,3 | Sailed with the submarine Enrico Toti, escorted by the auxiliary Jadera, for exercises with the torpedo boat Audace. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 28 Jun 1941 | 0737 | Pola | 29 Jun 1941 | 0245 | Pola | 86,5 | Exercises with the submarine Speri, escorted by the auxiliary Jadera and the torpedo boat Insidioso. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 30 Jun 1941 | 0800 | Pola | 30 Jun 1941 | 1819 | Pola | 60,6 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 2 Jul 1941 | 0741 | Pola | 2 Jul 1941 | 1900 | Pola | 61,3 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 3 Jul 1941 | 1230 | Pola | 3 Jul 1941 | 1845 | Pola | 61,3 | Gunnery exercises with the submarines Jalea and Speri and the auxiliary Principessa Mafalda. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 5 Jul 1941 | 0740 | Pola | 5 Jul 1941 | 1730 | Pola | 52,3 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 15 Jul 1941 | 0745 | Pola | 15 Jul 1941 | 1905 | Pola | 56,4 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 16 Jul 1941 | 0730 | Pola | 16 Jul 1941 | 1900 | Pola | 63,5 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 19 Jul 1941 | 0940 | Pola | 19 Jul 1941 | 1500 | Pola | 51,6 | Exercises, escorted by the auxiliary Jadera. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 19 Jul 1941 | 1955 | Pola | 20 Jul 1941 | 0230 | Pola | 54 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 22 Jul 1941 | 0745 | Pola | 22 Jul 1941 | 1820 | Pola | 61,7 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 24 Jul 1941 | 0504 | Pola | 24 Jul 1941 | 2105 | Pola | 189 | Trials with the submarine Ammiraglio Cagni. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 25 Jul 1941 | 0830 | Pola | 25 Jul 1941 | 1830 | Pola | 60,6 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 28 Jul 1941 | 0740 | Pola | 28 Jul 1941 | 1740 | Pola | 51,6 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 29 Jul 1941 | 0743 | Pola | 30 Jul 1941 | 0230 | Pola | 72,8 | Exercises with the submarine Medusa, escorted by the auxiliary San Giorgio. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 1 Aug 1941 | 0800 | Pola | 1 Aug 1941 | 1825 | Pola | 53,6 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 4 Aug 1941 | 0100 | Pola | 4 Aug 1941 | 1815 | Pola | 63,3 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 8 Aug 1941 | 0740 | Pola | 8 Aug 1941 | 1752 | Pola | 57,2 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 12 Aug 1941 | 0733 | Pola | 12 Aug 1941 | 1552 | Pola | 52,1 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 12 Aug 1941 | 2107 | Pola | 13 Aug 1941 | 0556 | Pola | 64 | Exercises with the submarines Jalea and Des Geneys, escorted by the auxiliary Jadera, the torpedo boat Audace and the light cruiser Da Barbiano. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 16 Aug 1941 | 0715 | Pola | 16 Aug 1941 | 1420 | Pola | 56,9 | Exercises with the submarine Des Geneys, escorted by the auxiliary Salvore and the torpedo boat Audace. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 22 Aug 1941 | 1900 | Pola | 23 Aug 1941 | 0113 | Pola | 52 | Sailed with the submarine Adua, escorted by the auxiliary Salvore, for torpedo firing exercises with the torpedo boat Insidioso. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 28 Aug 1941 | 1900 | Pola | 29 Aug 1941 | 0122 | Pola | 54 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 3 Sep 1941 | 1104 | Pola | 3 Sep 1941 | 1849 | Pola | 53,8 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 5 Sep 1941 | 0800 | Pola | 5 Sep 1941 | 1658 | Pola | 60,9 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 10 Sep 1941 | 0800 | Pola | 10 Sep 1941 | 1645 | Pola | 51,1 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 10 Sep 1941 | 1830 | Pola | 11 Sep 1941 | 0018 | Pola | 52 | Exercises. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 13 Sep 1941 | 0800 | Pola | 13 Sep 1941 | 1635 | Pola | 53,8 | Exercises with the submarines Bausan, Medusa and Jalea, escorted by the torpedo boat Insidioso and the auxiliaries Morrhua and Jadera. | ||
| Vettor Pisani (PN) | 13 Sep 1941 | 1830 | Pola | 14 Sep 1941 | 0120 | Pola | 53 | Exercises. | ||
| Francesco Rismondo (ex-N.1, ex-Osvetnik) (RI) | 4 Nov 1941 | 0800 | Pola | 4 Nov 1941 | 1512 | Pola | 49 | Exercises, escorted by the auxiliary San Giorgio and the torpedo boat Audace. | ||
| Francesco Rismondo (ex-N.1, ex-Osvetnik) (RI) | 7 Nov 1941 | 1700 | Pola | 7 Nov 1941 | 2015 | Pola | 51 | Exercises, escorted by the torpedo boat Audace. | ||
| Francesco Rismondo (ex-N.1, ex-Osvetnik) (RI) | 10 Nov 1941 | 0800 | Pola | 10 Nov 1941 | 1500 | Pola | 51 | Exercises, escorted by the torpedo boat Audace and the auxiliary Jadera. | ||
| Francesco Rismondo (ex-N.1, ex-Osvetnik) (RI) | 11 Nov 1941 | 1005 | Pola | 11 Nov 1941 | 2215 | Pola | 68 | Exercises, escorted by the torpedo boat Audace. | ||
| Francesco Rismondo (ex-N.1, ex-Osvetnik) (RI) | 12 Nov 1941 | 1650 | Pola | 12 Nov 1941 | 2205 | Pola | 68 | Exercises, escorted by the torpedo boat Audace. | ||
| Francesco Rismondo (ex-N.1, ex-Osvetnik) (RI) | 20 Nov 1941 | 0800 | Pola | 20 Nov 1941 | 1310 | Pola | 68 | Exercises. | ||
| Francesco Rismondo (ex-N.1, ex-Osvetnik) (RI) | 25 Nov 1941 | 0700 | Pola | 26 Nov 1941 | 1252 | Fiume | 52 | Passage Pola-Fiume. | ||
| Francesco Rismondo (ex-N.1, ex-Osvetnik) (RI) | 14 Dec 1941 | Time? | Fiume | 14 Dec 1941 | 1410 | Fiume | 16 | Exercises. | ||
| Francesco Rismondo (ex-N.1, ex-Osvetnik) (RI) | 26 Dec 1941 | 1120 | Fiume | 26 Dec 1941 | 1435 | Fiume | 16 | Exercises. | ||
| Francesco Rismondo (ex-N.1, ex-Osvetnik) (RI) | 1 Jan 1942 | 0805 | Fiume | 2 Jan 1942 | 1540 | Brindisi | 360 | Passage Fiume-Brindisi. | ||
| Francesco Rismondo (ex-N.1, ex-Osvetnik) (RI) | 7 Jan 1942 | 0630 | Brindisi | 9 Jan 1942 | 0055 | Messina | 260 | Passage Brindisi-Messina. | ||
| 7 Jan 1942 | 1745 | At 1745 hours, the submarine Otaria was sighted. | ||||||||
| Francesco Rismondo (ex-N.1, ex-Osvetnik) (RI) | 12 Jan 1942 | 0720 | Messina | 14 Jan 1942 | 0850 | La Spezia | 495 | Passage Messina-La Spezia. Uneventful. | ||
| Francesco Rismondo (ex-N.1, ex-Osvetnik) (RI) | 17 Jan 1942 | 0905 | La Spezia | 17 Jan 1942 | 1435 | La Spezia | 24 | Exercises, escorted by the auxiliaries Giasone and Capodistria. | ||
| Francesco Rismondo (ex-N.1, ex-Osvetnik) (RI) | 20 Jan 1942 | 0800 | La Spezia | 20 Jan 1942 | 1735 | La Spezia | 32 | Exercises, escorted by MAS 525. | ||
| Francesco Rismondo (ex-N.1, ex-Osvetnik) (RI) | 23 Jan 1942 | 0800 | La Spezia | 23 Jan 1942 | 1314 | La Spezia | 28 | Exercises. | ||
| Francesco Rismondo (ex-N.1, ex-Osvetnik) (RI) | 26 Jan 1942 | 0800 | La Spezia | 26 Jan 1942 | 1300 | La Spezia | 27 | Exercises. | ||
| Francesco Rismondo (ex-N.1, ex-Osvetnik) (RI) | 27 Jan 1942 | 0830 | La Spezia | 27 Jan 1942 | 1230 | La Spezia | 29 | Exercises, escorted by the auxiliary Porto Sdobba. | ||
| 6. | Topazio (TP) | 9 Feb 1942 | 1727 | Messina | 25 Feb 1942 | 1320 | Messina | 1552 | Patrolled within 8 miles from 34°40'N, 20°00'E. On the evening of 13th February was moved 20 miles south, then returned to her original position. On the evening of 15th February, she was ordered to shift 098° - 148 miles. Note: Zelik was the commanding officer of Onice, who was undergoing repairs, and took temporary command of Topazio. | |
| 14 Feb 1942 | 2120 | 34° 58'N, 19° 54'E | At 2118 hours, a large two-funnel destroyer was sighted at 1,500 metres, proceeding at 18 knots. At 2120 hours. a single torpedo was fired from a stern tube at a range of 1,000 metres. It missed. T.V. Zelik believed his submarine had been sighted and took her down to 40 meters but no counter-attack ensued. | |||||||
| Onice (OC) | 25 Feb 1942 | 0950 | Messina | 25 Feb 1942 | 1755 | Messina | 70 | Exercises, escorted by the motor boat Diversi. | ||
| 7. | Onice (OC) | 11 Mar 1942 | 0110 | Messina | 14 Mar 1942 | 0810 | Messina | 503,7 | Patrolled southeast of Malta between 34°20'N and 34°40'N, and between 16°20'E and 17°00'E, on a patrol line with Uaersciek. | |
| 11 Mar 1942 | 1445 | (0) NE of Malta. | At 1006 hours, Onice (and Uarsciek) had been informed that an enemy force of three cruisers, five destroyers and four auxiliaries had been sighted, at 0745 hours in Italian Grid 6719 (34°20' N, 22°25' E), steering 285°, 22 knots. This was followed by more signals. At 1445 hours, two aircraft were sighted steering 270°. Onice dived. | |||||||
| 8. | Onice (OC) | 15 Mar 1942 | 1903 | Messina | 31 Mar 1942 | 0755 | Messina | 1517,3 | Patrolled north of Cyrenaica between 34°30'N and 34°40'N, 22°10'E and 23°10'E. | |
| 16 Mar 1942 | 0120 0115 (e) | 37° 29'N, 16° 32'E | At 0120 hours, a submarine was sighted at a distance of 800-1,000 metres. Shortly after, Onice fired two torpedoes from her bow tubes at a range of 500 metres. She then opened fire as she steered straight for the enemy. After the third round, fired at only 150 metres, the submarine crash-dived as Onice passed over her. This was HMS P 36 (Lieutenant H.N. Edmonds, DSC) who mistook Onice for an E-boat which fired two bursts above the submarine. HMS Unbeaten was in an adjacent area and heard two loud explosions at 0130 hours but these were probably the torpedoes hitting bottom. | |||||||
| 17 Mar 1942 | 1315 | (0) West of Crete. | At 1315 hours, Onice was suddenly attacked by a German aircraft, which strafed her. The submarine made the recognition signal and the aircraft flew away. At 1330 hours, two more aircraft were sighted and this time Onice dived immediately. | |||||||
| 21 Mar 1942 | 1614 | 34° 18'N, 22° 54'E | At 1614 hours, in poor visibility, a convoy was sighted at a distance of 3,000 metres. Onice submerged, but immediately lost contact. | |||||||
| 23 Mar 1942 | 1433 | 34° 14'N, 22° 26'E (0) Italian Grid 5806/2. | At 1342 hours, noises were detected with hydrophones. At 1415 hours, an enemy squadron could be seen at 7-8,000 metres. It consisted of three destroyers leading three or four cruisers, flanked by more destroyers. At 1433 hours, two torpedoes were fired from bow tubes with the destroyer screen at a distance of 1,800 metres and the cruisers at 2,500-3,000 metres. The "senzabolla" (bubbleless) system did not work and C.C. Zelik decided to take his submarine to a depth of 40 metres. At 1436 hours, an explosion was heard and a torpedo was assumed to have hit. The explosion was also heard in Platino who was in the area. This was most probably the 15th Cruiser Squadron retiring to Alexandria after the Second Battle of Sirte. The attack does not seem to have been observed and the torpedoes missed. | |||||||
| 23 Mar 1942 | 1506 | 34° 14'N, 22° 02'E (0) Italian Grid 5806/2. | At 1506 hours, a cruiser and destroyer were sighted on an opposite course at a distance of 5,000 metres. Onice lost contact but sighted them again at 1602 hours, this time at a distance of 8-10,000 meters. | |||||||
| Onice (OC) | 18 Apr 1942 | 0902 | Messina | 19 Apr 1942 | 1546 | Trapani | 212,3 | Passage Messina-Trapani escorted by the torpedo boat Abba. | ||
| Onice (OC) | 20 Apr 1942 | 0815 | Trapani | 20 Apr 1942 | 1100 | Trapani | 23,5 | Trials. | ||
| 9. | Onice (OC) | 20 Apr 1942 | 1558 | Trapani | 11 May 1942 | 1350 | Trapani | 1130,9 | Sailed with the submarine Corallo, escorted by the torpedo boat Cigno and patrolled in zone K.2 (between 36°53'N and 36°57'N, and between 11°12'E and the Tunisian coast) to attack Malta traffic. | |
| 28 Apr 1942 | 0345 | 36° 50'N, 11° 07'E | At 0343 hours, a large submarine was sighted at a distance of 3-4,000 metres. At 0345 hours, two torpedoes were fired. One of them porpoised and both missed. The rough seas prevented Onice from carrying a gun action and the enemy submarine dived at 0347 hours. No enemy submarine operated in the area. Either Onice attacked Corallo by mistake or the "submarine" was perhaps a fishing vessel. At the same time,in the adjacent area, Corallo was in the process of sinking of the Tunisian fishing vessel Tunis and she did not dive as reported by C.C. Zelik. | |||||||
| 9 May 1942 | 2114 | (0) 2 miles north of Cape Bon. | At 2114 hours, Onice was strafed by an aircraft and crash-dived. | |||||||
| 9 May 1942 | 2119 | (0) 2 miles north of Cape Bon. | At 2119 hours, propellers of a fast destroyer were heard. It was steering south. This was the fast minelayer HMS Welshman proceeding to Malta with supplies. The noises quickly faded away. | |||||||
| Onice (OC) | 22 May 1942 | 0801 | Trapani | 22 May 1942 | 1145 | Trapani | 21,8 | Exercises escorted by the minesweeper R.D.42. | ||
| Scirè (SR) | 27 Jun 1942 | 0753 | La Spezia | 27 Jun 1942 | 1815 | La Spezia | 46 | Exercises. | ||
| Scirè (SR) | 30 Jun 1942 | 0815 | La Spezia | 30 Jun 1942 | 1755 | La Spezia | 16 | Exercises. | ||
| Scirè (SR) | 1 Jul 1942 | 0825 | La Spezia | 1 Jul 1942 | 1720 | La Spezia | Exercises. | |||
| Scirè (SR) | 6 Jul 1942 | 0830 | La Spezia | 6 Jul 1942 | 1135 | La Spezia | Exercises. | |||
| Scirè (SR) | 9 Jul 1942 | 0935 | La Spezia | 9 Jul 1942 | 1715 | La Spezia | Exercises. | |||
| Scirè (SR) | 10 Jul 1942 | 0839 | La Spezia | 10 Jul 1942 | 1435 | La Spezia | Exercises. | |||
| Scirè (SR) | 16 Jul 1942 | 0830 | La Spezia | 16 Jul 1942 | 1820 | La Spezia | Exercises. | |||
| Scirè (SR) | 24 Jul 1942 | 2315 | La Spezia | 24 Jul 1942 | 0230 | La Spezia | Exercises. | |||
| 10. | Scirè (SR) | 27 Jul 1942 | 1830 | La Spezia | 2 Aug 1942 | 1920 | Leros | Passage La Spezia-Leros. The sortie was known through ULTRA. | ||
| 11. | Scirè (SR) | 6 Aug 1942 | 0752 | Leros | 10 Aug 1942 | 1610 | Sunk with all hands | Mission to attack Haifa with human torpedoes (Operation S.L.1). She was sunk by the armed trawler HMT Islay. | ||
| 10 Aug 1942 | 1110 (e) | At 1110 hours, a Walrus (W.2789) of 700 Squadron, piloted by Sub Lieutenant R.A.J. Lea, sighted a submarine at half a mile. It was partially submerged, with only the conning tower and the wire cutters showing above the water. It appeared to be diving and steering 250°. The aircraft made an attack from the stern, releasing two depth charges from a height of 20 feet and set to a depth of 25 feet. They exploded about 30 yards ahead of the swirl, probably above the target. No result was observed. There is little doubt that the submarine was Scirè. British Intelligence had been informed of her passage to Leros as early as 30th July and was aware that the submarine had been involved in the special operation on Alexandria the previous December. Another special operation was to be expected to follow soon. Following this report, the motor launches ML 348 and ML 354 were dispatched from Beirut and the escort destroyer HMS Tetcott was detached to assist. | ||||||||
| 10 Aug 1942 | 1545-1610 (e) | (e) 33° 11'N, 34° 55'E | At 1545 hours, the armed trawler HMT Islay sighted a submarine on the surface just off the Haifa swept channel. She attacked it with gunfire and depth charges. This was Scirè and she was sunk with all hands. C.C. Bruno Zelik, four officers, forty-four ratings and eleven passengers of the Decima Flottiglia Mas perished. Two bodies were washed ashore a few days later (Captain Egil Chersi, who was to be the leader of attack, and 2° Capo IEF (Petty Officer) Eugenio Del Ben. This may lead us to believe that the submarine was caught in the process of launching the attack or some men attempted to escape from her wreck. Why was she caught on the surface, in broad daylight, near an important enemy base is a mystery. Perhaps Scirè had developed defects or had suffered serious damage from the previous air attack which made it difficult to complete her mission and C.C. Zelik had decided to launch the attack in daylight. The eleven men of the Decima Flottiglia Mas were: 2° Capo Inf. Aurelio Morgan 2° Capo IEF Eugenio Del Ben Serg. Nocchiere Delfo Caprili Serg. Can. Lauro Manzoni Sotto Capo Can. Erminio Fioravanti Fuochista O. Luca Ricciardi Motorista Paolo Baronchelli Cap. Comm. Egil Chersi Serg. Pal. Rodolfo Beuck S.T. Medico Pietro Gnecco Fuochista Guido Fontebuoni The wreck was later located in 32°54.5' N, 34°58' E and examined by divers (depth of 32-34 meters), artifacts being recovered after the war. An attack by Maiali appeared to have been expected but the target appears to have mistakenly been considered as Beirut instead of Haifa and, CS.15 decided on 15th August.1942, to send HMS Aldenham to Beirut to reinforce the A/S defences. On 24th August 1942, examination of the wreck revealed that all three cylinders were empty (only frogmen were to be used). In 1984, the Italian rescue ship Antea recovered the remains of forty-two of the crew and passengers as well as some artifacts. | |||||||
150 entries. 142 total patrol entries (11 marked as war patrols) and 16 events.