Italian submarines in World War Two
Italian Commanders
Ottorino Beltrami
| Born | 13 Aug 1917 | Pisa | |
| Died | 17 Aug 2013 | (96) | Milan |
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Career information
ACCIAIO (T.V. First Officer): from 11.01.1942 to 02.05.1942.ACCIAIO (T.V. C.O.): from 03.05.1942 to 22.02.1943.
Seriously wounded on ?.02.1943 at Cagliari.
Commands listed for Ottorino Beltrami
| Submarine | Type | Rank | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acciaio (AC) | Coastal / Sea going | T.V. | 3 May 1942 | 22 Feb 1943 |
Ships hit by Ottorino Beltrami
No ships hit by this Commander.War patrols listed for Ottorino Beltrami
| Submarine | Date | Time | Port | Arr. date | Arr. time | Arr. port | Miles | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acciaio (AC) | 6 May 1942 | 0810 | Augusta | 6 May 1942 | 0949 | Augusta | 12 | Exercises, escorted by the auxiliary Diversi. | ||
| Acciaio (AC) | 8 May 1942 | 0850 | Augusta | 8 May 1942 | 1228 | Augusta | 9 | Exercises. | ||
| Acciaio (AC) | 13 May 1942 | 0837 | Augusta | 13 May 1942 | 1227 | Augusta | 14,3 | Exercises, escorted by the auxiliary Diversi. | ||
| Acciaio (AC) | 27 May 1942 | 0813 | Augusta | 27 May 1942 | 1405 | Augusta | 34 | Exercises, escorted by the torpedo boat Partenope. | ||
| Acciaio (AC) | 29 May 1942 | 0505 | Augusta | 29 May 1942 | 1450 | Augusta | 55,9 | Exercises, escorted by the torpedo boats Partenope and Lince. | ||
| 1. | Acciaio (AC) | 29 May 1942 | 1920 | Augusta | 30 May 1942 | 0148 | Augusta | 80,6 | Sailed with the submarine Giada for a patrol west of Malta to intercept a cruiser squadron reported to have sailed from Gibraltar for an eastward destination. Escorted by the auxiliary Diversi but recalled by MARICOSOM at 2227 hours on the 29th. The light cruisers Eugenio di Savoia and Monteccucoli escorted by the destroyers Ascari and Oriani had also sailed. They were all recalled, including the submarine Alagi ,who had sailed from Trapani, when it was learned that the enemy squadron had reverted course. The enemy force was made of up of the light cruiser HMS Charybdis and the destroyers HMS Westcott and HMS Wrestler and they had sailed to search for the disabled submarine Argo. | |
| Acciaio (AC) | 1 Jun 1942 | 0210 | Augusta | 2 Jun 1942 | 1512 | Cagliari | 421,3 | Passage Augusta-Cagliari with the submarine Giada. | ||
| 2. | Acciaio (AC) | 4 Jun 1942 | 0325 | Cagliari | 12 Jun 1942 | 0943 | Cagliari | 926,5 | Patrolled north of Cape Caxine (Algeria) between 37°20'N and 37°40'N, and between 01°40'E and 02°20'E. | |
| 10 Jun 1942 | 0735 | At 0735 hours, a Bristol Bombay aircraft was sighted at a distance of 4,000 metres and the submarine dived. | ||||||||
| 3. | Acciaio (AC) | 12 Jun 1942 | 1533 | Cagliari | 17 Jun 1942 | 1650 | Cagliari | 626 | Patrolled between 37°20' N and 37°40' N, and between 05°20' E and 05°40' E (Grid 9025, north of Cape Caxine (Algeria) with the submarines Bronzo, Emo, Giada, Uarsciek and Mocenigo. On 14th June, ordered to Grid 5801 (60 miles to the east). | |
| 14 Jun 1942 | 2200 | At 2200 hours, Acciaio received information that two damaged steamers would be passing near its position and altered course to 330° to intercept. Nothing was sighted at 0030 on the 15th and the submarine returned to her patrol zone. | ||||||||
| 4. | Acciaio (AC) | 19 Jun 1942 | 2345 | Cagliari | 21 Jun 1942 | 1615 | Augusta | 403,9 | Sailed to operate between 34°20'N and 36°00'N, and between 16°00'E and 19°00'E, on a patrol line with the submarines Otaria, Emo and Uarsciek against an enemy convoy from the east (VIGOROUS), but at 1515 hours on the 20th, she was ordered back to Augusta. She was met by the torpedo boat Partenope and later by the submarines Alagi and Dessiè and they were being escorted to Augusta by the torpedo boat Abba. | |
| Acciaio (AC) | 25 Jun 1942 | 2345 | Augusta | 27 Jun 1942 | 1456 | Cagliari | 429,2 | Passage Augusta-Cagliari. | ||
| Acciaio (AC) | 10 Jul 1942 | 1410 | Cagliari | 11 Jul 1942 | 1020 | La Maddalena | 219,5 | Passage Cagliari-La Maddalena with the submarine Platino. | ||
| 5. | Acciaio (AC) | 22 Jul 1942 | 1400 | La Maddalena | 8 Aug 1942 | 1345 | La Maddalena | 1369,7 | Patrolled south of the Balearic Islands, between 37°40'N and 38°00'N, and between 02°20'E and 02°40'E. | |
| 30 Jul 1942 | 0838 | 37° 52'N, 2° 48'E | At 0838 hours, an aircraft was seen which appeared to be a Swordfish and the submarine dived. | |||||||
| 6 Aug 1942 | 0518 | 37° 49'N, 2° 06'E | At 0518 hours, a dark shape that could have been the conning tower of a submarine was sighted in poor visibility. The submarine tried to close but the target appeared to open fire at 0523 hours and contact was lost. | |||||||
| 7 Aug 1942 | 0652 | 38° 58'N, 3° 20'E | At 0652 hours, a steamer was sighted at 15 miles on a northerly course, 14 knots. It passed out of range. | |||||||
| Acciaio (AC) | 19 Aug 1942 | 1058 | La Maddalena | 19 Aug 1942 | 1442 | La Maddalena | 22 | Trials. | ||
| Acciaio (AC) | 20 Aug 1942 | 1238 | La Maddalena | 20 Aug 1942 | 1615 | La Maddalena | 20 | Trials. | ||
| Acciaio (AC) | 11 Sep 1942 | 0800 | La Maddalena | 11 Sep 1942 | 1300 | La Maddalena | 32 | Exercises. | ||
| Acciaio (AC) | 13 Sep 1942 | 2355 | La Maddalena | 15 Sep 1942 | 1450 | Augusta | 459 | Passage La Maddalena-Augusta with the submarines Bronzo and Platino. | ||
| Acciaio (AC) | 3 Oct 1942 | 0829 | Augusta | 3 Oct 1942 | 1255 | Augusta | 28 | Exercises. | ||
| Acciaio (AC) | 14 Oct 1942 | 0728 | Augusta | 14 Oct 1942 | 1326 | Augusta | 57 | Speed trials. | ||
| Acciaio (AC) | 5 Nov 1942 | 0725 | Augusta | 6 Nov 1942 | 2340 | Cagliari | 477 | Passage Augusta-Cagliari. | ||
| 5 Nov 1942 | 1712 1710 (e) | 38° 45'N, 15° 16'E | At 1712 hours, the lookout on the port side aft spotted a large bubble of air at a distance of 800 metres followed by three torpedo tracks. The helm was put hard to starboard and two torpedoes missed astern, the nearest at 20 metres, and the third passed under the keel near the deck gun, on a 160° angle. At 1713 hours, a fourth torpedo was sighted and the submarine kept turning to starboard and it passed on a parallel run 60 metres to port. The attack was made by the submarine HMS P 43 (Lt. A.C. Halliday, RN), later renamed HMS Unison. At 1658 hours, she had sighted the Italian submarine steering 267° at 12 knots. At 1710 hours, she fired a salvo of four torpedoes from a range of 1,400 yards. They missed and the target was observed to have turned northward. | |||||||
| 6. | Acciaio (AC) | 7 Nov 1942 | 0320 | Cagliari | 13 Nov 1942 | 1344 | Cagliari | 903 | Sailed for a patrol between 37°05' N and 37°15' N and between 07°30' E and 08°00' E and this was reached at 0215 hours on the 8th. During the same day, she received an order to proceed to Cape Bougaroni and patrol between 37°20' N and the coast. On 10th November, she was was ordered to patrol off Algiers between 37°00' N and the coast and between 02°40' E and 03°00' E. | |
| 8 Nov 1942 | 0441 | 37° 10'N, 7° 45'E (0) Position is approximate. | At 0441 hours, a warship was observed to be firing her machine-guns at an aircraft. It was believed to be an Italian submarine. | |||||||
| 9 Nov 1942 | 2055 | 37° 05'N, 4° 16'E | At 2055 hours, a submarine of the DANDOLO class was sighted on an opposite course. This was possibly Axum returning from patrol. | |||||||
| 10 Nov 1942 | 0617 0530 (e) | 36° 59'N, 2° 51'E (0) 174° - 37° N, 02° E - 22 miles (Lord Lotham) or 36°38N, 02°02E. | At 0604 hours, a large warship was sighted on the starboard beam at a distance of 5,000 metres. At 0610 hours, it was identified as a cruiser of the LEANDER class because of its single funnel and four gun turrets. The target appeared to proceed at 8 knots. At 0617 hours, a pair of torpedoes were fired from bow tubes at a range of 1,300 metres, followed a minute later by another pair. The third torpedo passed between turret 4 and the stern but no explosion was observed although one was heard. At 0626 hours, three depth charges were heard, followed by two more and it was believed they had been dropped by the cruiser. Acciaio was slightly damaged. More depth charges followed at 0628, 0714 and 0915 hours but the submarine succeeded in eluding her adversaries. The target may have been the armed trawler HMT Lord Lotham (FY 113, 464 tons) escorting convoy T.E.1. She reported being missed by a torpedo at that time although the position does not match (unless there is a typographical error). | |||||||
| 12 Nov 1942 | 2135 | 37° 49'N, 7° 12'E | At 2135 hours, a submarine was sighted. | |||||||
| Acciaio (AC) | 17 Nov 1942 | 1655 | Cagliari | 18 Nov 1942 | 2110 | Naples | 295 | Passage Cagliari-Naples. | ||
| Acciaio (AC) | 4 Jan 1943 | 1111 | Naples | 4 Jan 1943 | 1806 | Naples | 28 | Trials and exercises. | ||
| Acciaio (AC) | 6 Jan 1943 | 1354 | Naples | 6 Jan 1943 | 1644 | Naples | 2 | Periscope tests. | ||
| Acciaio (AC) | 8 Jan 1943 | 0827 | Naples | 8 Jan 1943 | 1512 | Naples | 28 | Exercises. | ||
| Acciaio (AC) | 9 Jan 1943 | 0912 | Naples | 9 Jan 1943 | 1530 | Naples | 24 | Gunfire exercises. | ||
| Acciaio (AC) | 11 Jan 1943 | 0815 | Naples | 11 Jan 1943 | 1430 | Naples | 29 | Trials and exercises. | ||
| Acciaio (AC) | 12 Jan 1943 | 0901 | Naples | 12 Jan 1943 | 0931 | Naples | 1 | Changed moorings. | ||
| Acciaio (AC) | 12 Jan 1943 | 1455 | Naples | 12 Jan 1943 | 1725 | Naples | 1 | Periscope test. | ||
| Acciaio (AC) | 13 Jan 1943 | 1135 | Naples | 14 Jan 1943 | 2035 | La Spezia | 340 | Passage Naples-La Spezia. | ||
| Acciaio (AC) | 19 Jan 1943 | 0715 | La Spezia | 19 Jan 1943 | 1404 | La Spezia | 30 | Torpedo firing exercises. | ||
| Acciaio (AC) | 20 Jan 1943 | 1252 | La Spezia | 20 Jan 1943 | 2050 | La Spezia | 55 | Speed trials. | ||
| Acciaio (AC) | 23 Jan 1943 | 0812 | La Spezia | 23 Jan 1943 | 1518 | La Spezia | 2 | Gyrocompass tests. | ||
| Acciaio (AC) | 25 Jan 1943 | 0230 | La Spezia | 26 Jan 1943 | 1110 | Cagliari | 365 | Passage La Spezia-Cagliari. | ||
| 7. | Acciaio (AC) | 27 Jan 1943 | 1730 | Cagliari | 17 Feb 1943 | 1225 | Cagliari | 1864 | Patrolled between 37°20'N and the African coast and between 06°00'E and 06°20'E (between Cape Carbon and Cape Bougaroni). | |
| 2 Feb 1943 | 0053 | 36° 58'N, 5° 13'E | At 0053 hours, a bomber strafed the submarine twice but missed. | |||||||
| 7 Feb 1943 | 2327 2330 (e) | 37° 22'N, 6° 14'E | At 2324 hours, the Officer of the Watch spotted an object of the horizon. Shortly after it was identified as a destroyer of the JERVIS class steering 230° at 18 knots. At 2327 hours, a pair of torpedoes were fired from the stern tubes at a range of 2,000 metres. The submarine submerged upon firing and explosions were heard after 80 and 87 seconds. The torpedoes had actually missed. This was the minelayer HMS Abdiel and she avoided the two torpedoes, She had just laid a minefield off Bizerta during the night of 6-7th February. | |||||||
41 entries. 35 total patrol entries (7 marked as war patrols) and 12 events.