Italian submarines in World War Two
Italian Commanders
Loris Albanese
| Born | 17 Dec 1907 | Giuncarico (Grossetto) |
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Career information
H.4 (T.V. C.O.): from 24.05.1940 to 29.07.1940.H.2 (T.V. resp.): from 25.04.1940 to 30.06.1940.
CORALLO (T.V. C.O.): from 31.07.1940 to 16.03.1941.
Promoted to C.C. in July 1940.
GIOVANNI DA PROCIDA (C.C. C.O.): from 19.03.1941 to 10.08.1941.
ONICE (C.C. C.O.): from 10.08.1941 to 10.12.1941.
SERPENTE (C.C. resp.): from 01.03.1942 to 31.03.1942 (reserve at Brindisi).
FILIPPO CORRIDONI (C.C. C.O.): from 04.02.1942 to 08.04.1942.
MARCANTONIO BRAGADINO (C.C. C.O.): from 05.02.1942 to 07.04.1942.
GIOVANNI DA PROCIDA (C.C. resp.): from 01.04.1942 to 20.05.1942 (not operational at Taranto).
PIETRO MICCA (C.C. resp.): from 08.4.1942 to 23.04.1942 (refit at Taranto).
RUGGIERO SETTIMO (C.C. resp.): from 08.04.1942 to 22.05.1942 (refit at Taranto).
TITO SPERI (C.C. resp.): from 09.04.1942 to 22.05.1942 (reserve at Taranto).
LUIGI SETTEMBRINI (C.C. resp.): from 23.04.1942 to 22.05.1942 (reserve at Taranto).
Commands listed for Loris Albanese
| Submarine | Type | Rank | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H 2 (H2) | Coastal | T.V. | 25 Apr 1940 | 30 Jun 1940 |
| H 4 (H4) | Coastal | T.V. | 24 May 1940 | 29 Jul 1940 |
| Corallo (CO) | Coastal / Sea going | C.C. | 31 Jul 1940 | 16 Mar 1941 |
| Giovanni da Procida (DP) | Ocean going | C.C. | 19 Mar 1941 | 10 Aug 1941 |
| Onice (OC) | Coastal / Sea going | C.C. | 10 Aug 1941 | 10 Dec 1941 |
| Serpente (ex-Nautilus) (SE) | Coastal / Sea going | C.C. | 1 Mar 1942 | 31 Mar 1942 |
| Marcantonio Bragadino (BG) | Minelaying | C.C. | 5 Feb 1942 | 7 Apr 1942 |
| Filippo Corridoni (CR) | Minelaying | C.C. | 4 Feb 1942 | 8 Apr 1942 |
| Pietro Micca (MC) | Minelaying | C.C. | 8 Apr 1942 | 23 Apr 1942 |
| Giovanni da Procida (DP) | Ocean going | C.C. | 1 Apr 1942 | 20 May 1942 |
| Ruggiero Settimo (RS) | Ocean going | C.C. | 8 Apr 1942 | 22 May 1942 |
| Tito Speri (TS) | Ocean going | C.C. | 9 Apr 1942 | 22 May 1942 |
Ships hit by Loris Albanese
No ships hit by this Commander.War patrols listed for Loris Albanese
| Submarine | Date | Time | Port | Arr. date | Arr. time | Arr. port | Miles | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | H 4 (H4) | 9 Jun 1940 | 2300 | La Spezia | 14 Jun 1940 | 0730 | La Spezia | 382 | Patrolled off Imperia. | |
| H 2 (H2) | 10 Jun 1940 | La Spezia | 10 Jun 1940 | La Spezia | At La Spezia. T.V. Albanese was responsible only, he had the command of H.4. | |||||
| H 4 (H4) | 20 Jun 1940 | 2355 | La Spezia | 21 Jun 1940 | 0800 | Savona | 70 | Passage La Spezia-Savona with submarine Gondar. | ||
| 2. | H 4 (H4) | 22 Jun 1940 | 1727 | Savona | 25 Jun 1940 | 1935 | Savona | 361 | Patrolled south and west of Gulf of Genoa. Interrupted by electric motor defects. | |
| H 2 (H2) | 26 Jun 1940 | 0800 | La Spezia | 26 Jun 1940 | 1430 | La Spezia | 45 | Exercises. | ||
| H 4 (H4) | 26 Jun 1940 | 1236 | Savona | 26 Jun 1940 | 2030 | La Spezia | 71 | Passage Savona-La Spezia. | ||
| H 2 (H2) | 28 Jun 1940 | 1500 | La Spezia | 28 Jun 1940 | 1700 | La Spezia | 4 | Exercises. | ||
| H 2 (H2) | 29 Jun 1940 | 0830 | La Spezia | 29 Jun 1940 | 1100 | La Spezia | 4 | Exercises. | ||
| 3. | H 4 (H4) | 5 Jul 1940 | 2200 | La Spezia | 10 Jul 1940 | 0830 | La Spezia | 449,5 | Patrolled off Cape Noli north of 44°00'N between 09°00'E and 09°30'E (Gulf of Genoa). | |
| H 4 (H4) | 27 Jul 1940 | 0930 | La Spezia | 27 Jul 1940 | 1545 | La Spezia | 43 | Exercises with the submarine Enrico Tazzoli, 3.5 miles south of Moneglia. | ||
| Corallo (CO) | 5 Aug 1940 | 0900 | Monfalcone | 5 Aug 1940 | 1610 | Monfalcone | 63,5 | Trials. | ||
| Corallo (CO) | 7 Aug 1940 | 0915 | Monfalcone | 7 Aug 1940 | 1650 | Pola | 78 | Passage Monfalcone-Pola and trials. | ||
| Corallo (CO) | 10 Aug 1940 | 0800 | Pola | 10 Aug 1940 | 1945 | Fiume | 68 | Passage Pola-Fiume and trials. | ||
| Corallo (CO) | 15 Aug 1940 | 0725 | Fiume | 15 Aug 1940 | 1255 | Pola | 68 | Passage Fiume-Pola. | ||
| Corallo (CO) | 16 Aug 1940 | 0800 | Pola | 19 Aug 1940 | 1245 | Trapani | 836 | Passage Pola-Trapani. | ||
| Corallo (CO) | 28 Aug 1940 | 2118 | Trapani | 29 Aug 1940 | 1545 | Messina | 186 | Passage Trapani-Messina. | ||
| 4. | Corallo (CO) | 29 Aug 1940 | 1845 | Messina | 18 Sep 1940 | 1930 | Tobruk | 1595 | Patrolled in the eastern Mediterranean between (1) 33°32' N, 24°28' E (2) 33°00' N, 25°06' E (3) 34°52' N, 26°06' E (4) 34°20' N, 26°40' E. Following a severe depth-charging, the submarine had to go to Tobruk for temporary repairs. | |
| 4 Sep 1940 | 1115 | (0) Approximately 60 miles south of Crete. | At 1115 hours, Corallo was at a depth of 40 metres when she reported being attacked with fourteen bombs by an aircraft. She was undamaged, but went down to 70 metres to escape. | |||||||
| 13 Sep 1940 | 0812 | (0) Approximately 60 miles south of Crete. | At 0812 hours, Corallo was at a depth of 40 metres when she reported being attacked repeatedly by aircraft until 1640 hours. She was undamaged, but went down to 70-75 metres to escape. | |||||||
| 17 Sep 1940 | 1830 1940 (e) | 33° 34'N, 25° 34'E | At 1750 hours, Corallo was steering 135° at a depth of 50 metres, when her hydrophones picked up noises. At 1800 hours, the submarine had come up to periscope depth to observe, at a distance of 7,000 metres, an aircraft carrier of the ILLUSTRIOUS class, a KENT class cruiser and seven destroyers steering 183°, 16 knots. At 1830 hours, a pair of torpedoes (533mm, W - H type) were fired at 5-second interval from bow tubes, at range of 1,500 metres. The submarine went to a depth of 80 metres and stopped all engines. After 75 seconds, two explosions were heard, which were attributed more to depth-charges than torpedo hits. The submarine went further down, reaching a depth of 120 metres when 40 depth charges exploded, some very close. It was believed Corallo eventually reached a depth of over 140 metres. The precision of the counter-attack led C.C. Albanese to believe that the enemy destroyers were equipped with sonar. These were indeed HMS Illustrious with the battleship HMS Valiant, the light cruisers HMS Liverpool and HMS Gloucester, escorted by five destroyers including HMS Hasty. HMS Kent had actually been torpedoed by an Italian bomber and was being escorted to Alexandria by another group of ships. The torpedoes had missed the destroyer HMS Hasty and she had immediately turned to the attack. Corallo had been damaged by the depth-charges and began surfacing at about 2100 hours. By a freak accident, the air pressure forced the hatch opened at a depth of 10-15 metres, ejecting the First Officer T.V. Alfredo GATTI and he was never found. A rating shot himself after the depth-charging. Perhaps unjustly, C.C. Albanese received a severe reprimand from Admiral Falangola (Head of MARICOSOM) for his actions during the severe depth charging, although his courage was never questioned. | |||||||
| 5. | Corallo (CO) | 21 Sep 1940 | 1315 | Tobruk | 23 Sep 1940 | 0858 | Tripoli | 671 | Passage Tobruk-Tripoli. | |
| 6. | Corallo (CO) | 26 Sep 1940 | 1800 | Tripoli | 29 Sep 1940 | 0900 | Messina | 396 | Passage Tripoli-Messina. Uneventful. | |
| Corallo (CO) | 28 Oct 1940 | 0845 | Messina | 28 Oct 1940 | 1645 | Messina | Exercises? | |||
| Corallo (CO) | 8 Nov 1940 | 0832 | Messina | 8 Nov 1940 | 1730 | Messina | 67 | Exercises. | ||
| 7. | Corallo (CO) | 9 Nov 1940 | 1530 | Messina | 13 Nov 1940 | 1530 | Messina | 568,5 | Patrolled southeast of Malta on a line extended 20 miles NE and SW from 35°25' N, 15°45' E. | |
| 11 Nov 1940 | 0000 | (0) SE of Malta. | At 0000 hours, two destroyers were sighted at a range of 6,000 metres, proceeding at 20 knots. Corallo could not get in favourable attack position and disengaged. | |||||||
| 8. | Corallo (CO) | 16 Nov 1940 | 0930 | Messina | 19 Nov 1940 | 1740 | Messina | 523 | Patrolled southeast of Malta within a radius of 20 miles from 35°20' N, 16° E (on a patrol line with Bandiera, 60 miles to the south). Uneventful. | |
| 9. | Corallo (CO) | 19 Nov 1940 | 2100 | Messina | 23 Nov 1940 | 1340 | Messina | 470 | Patrolled southeast of Malta within a radius of 20 miles from 35°20' N, 16° E (with Bandiera, 60 miles to the south). Uneventful. | |
| Corallo (CO) | 6 Dec 1940 | 1008 | Messina | 6 Dec 1940 | 1730 | Messina | 59 | Trials. | ||
| Corallo (CO) | 14 Dec 1940 | 0830 | Messina | 14 Dec 1940 | 1610 | Messina | 59,5 | Trials. | ||
| Corallo (CO) | 18 Dec 1940 | 1212 | Messina | 19 Dec 1940 | 1020 | Naples | 224 | Passage Messina-Naples. | ||
| Corallo (CO) | 10 Jan 1941 | 0815 | Naples | 10 Jan 1941 | 1430 | Naples | 33 | Trials. | ||
| Corallo (CO) | 12 Jan 1941 | 0800 | Naples | 12 Jan 1941 | 1300 | Naples | 25 | Exercises. | ||
| Corallo (CO) | 13 Jan 1941 | 0800 | Naples | 13 Jan 1941 | 1230 | Naples | 24 | Exercises. | ||
| Corallo (CO) | 14 Jan 1941 | 0812 | Naples | 15 Jan 1941 | 1450 | Cagliari | 272 | Passage Naples-Cagliari. | ||
| 10. | Corallo (CO) | 21 Jan 1941 | 0120 | Cagliari | 21 Jan 1941 | 2200 | Cagliari | 200 | Sailed for patrol off Tunisian coast within a radius of 10 miles from 37°40' N, 10°00' E. Early return due to defects. | |
| 11. | Corallo (CO) | 1 Feb 1941 | 1330 | Cagliari | 5 Feb 1941 | 1640 | Cagliari | 456,5 | Patrolled west of Sardinia between 37°25' N and 37°35' N, and between 05°50' E and 06°50' E. Uneventful, except for H.E. | |
| 12. | Corallo (CO) | 8 Feb 1941 | 2350 | Cagliari | 9 Feb 1941 | 1430 | Cagliari | 89 | Sailed for patrol, but returned early because of defects. Albanese was reprimanded as it was felt that repairs could have been carried out at sea. | |
| 13. | Corallo (CO) | 15 Feb 1941 | 2130 | Cagliari | 18 Feb 1941 | 1245 | Cagliari | 331 | Patrolled east of La Galite on a line extending 20 miles north of 37°30' N, 09°50' E. Uneventful. Heard only H.E. probably from a French convoy. | |
| Corallo (CO) | 14 Mar 1941 | 0800 | Cagliari | 14 Mar 1941 | 1250 | Cagliari | 29 | Exercises. | ||
| Giovanni da Procida (DP) | 21 Mar 1941 | 0750 | Taranto | 21 Mar 1941 | 1430 | Taranto | 36 | Exercises, escorted by the pilot vessel Limbara. | ||
| Giovanni da Procida (DP) | 23 Mar 1941 | 1240 | Taranto | 26 Mar 1941 | 1045 | La Spezia | 732 | Passage Taranto-La Spezia. Uneventful. | ||
| Giovanni da Procida (DP) | 29 Mar 1941 | 0848 | La Spezia | 29 Mar 1941 | 1010 | La Spezia | 6,7 | Trials. | ||
| 14. | Giovanni da Procida (DP) | 3 Apr 1941 | 1338 | La Spezia | 5 Apr 1941 | 0800 | La Spezia | 236,8 | Defensive patrol in Ligurian Gulf starting from 44°05'N, 09°00'E, moving south for 20 miles then a further 20 miles on course 220°. Uneventful. | |
| 15. | Giovanni da Procida (DP) | 5 Apr 1941 | 2105 | La Spezia | 9 Apr 1941 | 0738 | La Spezia | 473,1 | Defensive patrol in Ligurian Gulf. Uneventful. | |
| Giovanni da Procida (DP) | 9 Apr 1941 | 1700 | La Spezia | 9 Apr 1941 | 1730 | La Spezia | 0,5 | Entered dock? | ||
| Giovanni da Procida (DP) | 20 Apr 1941 | 1700 | La Spezia | 20 Apr 1941 | 1730 | La Spezia | 0,6 | Left dock? | ||
| Giovanni da Procida (DP) | 23 Apr 1941 | 1100 | La Spezia | 23 Apr 1941 | 1130 | La Spezia | 0,5 | Entered dock? | ||
| Giovanni da Procida (DP) | 24 Apr 1941 | 1720 | La Spezia | 24 Apr 1941 | 1830 | La Spezia | 2 | Left dock? | ||
| Giovanni da Procida (DP) | 26 Apr 1941 | 1318 | La Spezia | 26 Apr 1941 | 1710 | La Spezia | 19,5 | Trials. | ||
| 16. | Giovanni da Procida (DP) | 26 Apr 1941 | 1843 | La Spezia | 28 Apr 1941 | 0112 | Genoa | Sailed for patrol Gulf of Genoa. On a line beginning with submarine Colonna in 44°05'N, 08°40'E and with Da Procida and Ametista respectively 12 and 24 miles east from this point. On hydrophone watch in anticipation of an important naval force from Gibraltar. Uneventful. | ||
| Giovanni da Procida (DP) | 29 Apr 1941 | 1157 | Genoa | 29 Apr 1941 | 1700 | La Spezia | 49,5 | Passage Genoa-La Spezia. | ||
| Giovanni da Procida (DP) | 29 Apr 1941 | 1222 | Genoa | 29 Apr 1941 | 1700 | La Spezia | 291,9 | Passage Genoa-La Spezia (mileage from 1843 hours on the 26th). | ||
| Giovanni da Procida (DP) | 17 May 1941 | 0801 | La Spezia | 17 May 1941 | 1600 | La Spezia | 38,3 | Exercises. | ||
| Giovanni da Procida (DP) | 3 Jun 1941 | 1113 | La Spezia | 3 Jun 1941 | 1147 | La Spezia | 0,5 | Entered dock? | ||
| Giovanni da Procida (DP) | 4 Jun 1941 | 0853 | La Spezia | 4 Jun 1941 | 0920 | La Spezia | 0,6 | Left dock? | ||
| 17. | Giovanni da Procida (DP) | 6 Jun 1941 | 1837 | La Spezia | 8 Jun 1941 | 0010 | La Spezia | 205,7 | Patrolled in 44°00'N, 08°40'E on a defensive line with the submarines H.1 and H.6. Uneventful. | |
| 18. | Giovanni da Procida (DP) | 14 Jun 1941 | 2010 | La Spezia | 16 Jun 1941 | 0745 | La Spezia | 226,7 | On a patrol line in 43°40'N, 08°23'E with Colonna, H.6 and H.4. Uneventful. | |
| Giovanni da Procida (DP) | 24 Jun 1941 | 0837 | La Spezia | 24 Jun 1941 | 1520 | La Spezia | 38 | Exercises. | ||
| Giovanni da Procida (DP) | 27 Jun 1941 | 0806 | La Spezia | 27 Jun 1941 | 1305 | La Spezia | 33 | Exercises. | ||
| Giovanni da Procida (DP) | 28 Jun 1941 | 0805 | La Spezia | 28 Jun 1941 | 1315 | La Spezia | 28,5 | Exercises then refit until September 1941. | ||
| Onice (OC) | 15 Aug 1941 | 0720 | La Spezia | 15 Aug 1941 | 2035 | La Spezia | 52 | Trials. | ||
| Onice (OC) | 19 Aug 1941 | 0725 | La Spezia | 19 Aug 1941 | 1600 | La Spezia | 44 | Trials. | ||
| Onice (OC) | 22 Aug 1941 | 1335 | La Spezia | 22 Aug 1941 | 1740 | La Spezia | 22 | Trials. | ||
| Onice (OC) | 23 Aug 1941 | 0535 | La Spezia | 23 Aug 1941 | 1300 | La Spezia | 51,5 | Trials. | ||
| 19. | Onice (OC) | 24 Aug 1941 | 0320 | La Spezia | 27 Aug 1941 | 0650 | La Spezia | 328 | Patrolled on line 279° - 8 miles from 44°05'N, 09°26'E. This was following a report of a strong naval force sailing from Gibraltar. Uneventful. | |
| Onice (OC) | 5 Sep 1941 | 1220 | La Spezia | 5 Sep 1941 | 1530 | La Spezia | 16 | Exercises, escorted by the torpedo boat Carini and the auxiliary Torre Annunziata. | ||
| Onice (OC) | 7 Sep 1941 | 1310 | La Spezia | 7 Sep 1941 | 1630 | La Spezia | 13,3 | Exercises. | ||
| Onice (OC) | 9 Sep 1941 | 1930 | La Spezia | 9 Sep 1941 | 2315 | La Spezia | 19 | Exercises. | ||
| Onice (OC) | 11 Sep 1941 | 0600 | La Spezia | 13 Sep 1941 | 1500 | Messina | 555,5 | Passage La Spezia-Messina. Uneventful. | ||
| Onice (OC) | 15 Sep 1941 | 2000 | Messina | 18 Sep 1941 | 1700 | Benghazi | 450 | Passage Messina-Benghazi to operate there on anti-submarine duty (British Intelligence reported this as Operation B). | ||
| 17 Sep 1941 | 1658 | 34° 25'N, 18° 14'E | At 1658 hours, a convoy of three steamers, escorted by four destroyers, was sighted at a distance of 16,000 metres, steering 240-250° at 12 knots. Onice submerged to try an attack, but was depth charged by a destroyer from 1705 to 1734 hours. Twenty-five depth-charge explosions were counted, but they were distant. | |||||||
| 20. | Onice (OC) | 18 Sep 1941 | 1900 | Benghazi | 19 Sep 1941 | 0700 | Benghazi | 23 | Antisubmarine patrol in 023° - Benghazi Light - 18 miles. Uneventful. The first of 25 one-night patrols carried out of Benghazi. Thirteen were passive (lying off Benghazi. listening to her hydrophones), four were search patrols carried out with submarine chasers (Zuri, Selve and Zirona), two were search patrols with torpedo boats and six were search patrols carried out independently. | |
| 21. | Onice (OC) | 19 Sep 1941 | 1900 | Benghazi | 20 Sep 1941 | 0700 | Benghazi | 32 | Antisubmarine patrol in 240° - Benghazi Light - 18 miles with submarine chasers Zirona and Zuri. Uneventful. British Intelligence was aware, through ULTRA, that an unidentified submarine was patrolling 12 miles north of Benghazi. | |
| 22. | Onice (OC) | 20 Sep 1941 | 1845 | Benghazi | 21 Sep 1941 | 1050 | Benghazi | 25,2 | Antisubmarine patrol in 023° - Benghazi Light - 18 miles. | |
| 23. | Onice (OC) | 21 Sep 1941 | 2020 | Benghazi | 22 Sep 1941 | 0645 | Benghazi | 30 | Antisubmarine patrol in 016° - Benghazi Light - 23 miles with submarine chasers Selve and Zuri. | |
| 24. | Onice (OC) | 22 Sep 1941 | 1900 | Benghazi | 23 Sep 1941 | 0700 | Benghazi | 24 | Antisubmarine patrol in 016° - Benghazi Light - 23 miles from Benghazi Light. Uneventful. | |
| 25. | Onice (OC) | 23 Sep 1941 | 1850 | Benghazi | 24 Sep 1941 | 0820 | Benghazi | 32 | Antisubmarine patrol in 016° - Benghazi Light - 23 miles with submarine chasers Selve and Zirona. Uneventful. | |
| 26. | Onice (OC) | 24 Sep 1941 | 1845 | Benghazi | 25 Sep 1941 | 0800 | Benghazi | 28 | Antisubmarine patrol in 311° - Benghazi Light - 14 miles with submarine chasers Zuri and Zirona. | |
| 25 Sep 1941 | 0045 | 32° 25'N, 19° 45'E | At 0045 hours, a suspect shadow was sighted on the port bow. As the submarine chasers Zuri and Zirona were known to be astern. Onice submerged to get contact with the hydrophones and be in a better position for an attack. The hydrophones picked up the contact for the next hour or so. At 0204 hours, Onice made a signal to the submarine chasers. At 0240 hours, two torpedo boats were seen proceeding toward the trio. These were the torpedo boats Orione and Centauro escorting the freighters Capo Faro and Iseo. They arrived at Benghazi at 0620 hours. This was almost certainly HMS Thrasher who attacked the convoy at 0202 hours. Her attack was unobserved. | |||||||
| 27. | Onice (OC) | 25 Sep 1941 | 1851 | Benghazi | 26 Sep 1941 | 0645 | Benghazi | 24,5 | Antisubmarine patrol in 310° - Benghazi Light - 17.5 miles. | |
| 25 Sep 1941 | 0045 | 32° 25'N, 19° 45'E | At 0045 hours, a suspect shadow was sighted on the port bow. As the submarine chasers Zuri and Zirona were known to be astern. Onice submerged to get contact with the hydrophones and be in a better position for an attack. The hydrophones picked up the contact for the next hour or so. At 0204 hours, Onice made a signal to the submarine chasers. At 0240 hours, two torpedo boats were seen proceeding toward the trio. These were the torpedo boats Orione and Centauro escorting the freighters Capo Faro and Iseo. They arrived at Benghazi at 0620 hours. This was almost certainly HMS Thrasher who attacked the convoy at 0202 hours. Her attack was unobserved. | |||||||
| 28. | Onice (OC) | 26 Sep 1941 | 1900 | Benghazi | 27 Sep 1941 | 0630 | Benghazi | 30 | Antisubmarine patrol in 028° - Benghazi Light - 18 miles. Uneventful. | |
| 29. | Onice (OC) | 27 Sep 1941 | 1850 | Benghazi | 28 Sep 1941 | 0615 | Benghazi | 30 | Antisubmarine patrol in 310° - Benghazi Light - 8 miles. Uneventful. | |
| 30. | Onice (OC) | 28 Sep 1941 | 1835 | Benghazi | 29 Sep 1941 | 0810 | Benghazi | 37 | Antisubmarine patrol in 290° - Benghazi Light - 21 miles with torpedo boats Partenope and Centauro. Uneventful. | |
| 31. | Onice (OC) | 29 Sep 1941 | 1840 | Benghazi | 30 Sep 1941 | 0736 | Benghazi | 35 | Antisubmarine patrol in 028° - Benghazi Light - 18 miles. Uneventful. | |
| 32. | Onice (OC) | 30 Sep 1941 | 1840 | Benghazi | 1 Oct 1941 | 0700 | Benghazi | 36 | Antisubmarine patrol in 231° - Benghazi Light - 11 miles. Uneventful. | |
| 33. | Onice (OC) | 1 Oct 1941 | 1830 | Benghazi | 2 Oct 1941 | 0755 | Benghazi | 72 | Antisubmarine patrol in area within 20 miles of position 311° - Benghazi Light - 25 miles with submarine chasers Zuri and Selve. This was to clear the area of enemy submarines in prevision of the arrival of a convoy escorted by the torpedo boats Pegaso and Calliope. Uneventful. | |
| 34. | Onice (OC) | 2 Oct 1941 | 1824 | Benghazi | 3 Oct 1941 | 0707 | Benghazi | 38,5 | Antisubmarine patrol in area 345° - Benghazi Light - 8 miles. Uneventful. | |
| 35. | Onice (OC) | 3 Oct 1941 | 1845 | Benghazi | 4 Oct 1941 | 0757 | Benghazi | 65 | Antisubmarine patrol in area 247° - Benghazi Light - 20 miles. Uneventful. | |
| 36. | Onice (OC) | 4 Oct 1941 | 1835 | Benghazi | 5 Oct 1941 | 0913 | Benghazi | 58,2 | Antisubmarine patrol in area 247° - Benghazi Light - 20 miles. Uneventful. | |
| 37. | Onice (OC) | 5 Oct 1941 | 1850 | Benghazi | 6 Oct 1941 | 0725 | Benghazi | 30,3 | Antisubmarine patrol off Benghazi. Uneventful. | |
| 38. | Onice (OC) | 6 Oct 1941 | 1845 | Benghazi | 7 Oct 1941 | 0734 | Benghazi | 64,5 | Antisubmarine patrol off Benghazi. Uneventful. | |
| 39. | Onice (OC) | 7 Oct 1941 | 1900 | Benghazi | 8 Oct 1941 | 0720 | Benghazi | 38,3 | Antisubmarine patrol off Benghazi. Uneventful. | |
| 40. | Onice (OC) | 8 Oct 1941 | 1835 | Benghazi | 9 Oct 1941 | 0950 | Benghazi | 64,4 | Antisubmarine patrol off Benghazi. Uneventful. | |
| 41. | Onice (OC) | 9 Oct 1941 | 1838 | Benghazi | 10 Oct 1941 | 0810 | Benghazi | 68,3 | Antisubmarine patrol off Benghazi. Uneventful. | |
| 10 Oct 1941 | 0415 0415 (e) | (0) Off Benghazi. | At 0415 hours, a submarine was sighted surfacing. Onice fired three rounds and a torpedo from a distance of 2,200 metres. All missed. This was HMS Regent (Lieutenant W.N.R. Knox, RN). The Italian submarine was mistaken for a destroyer and she crash-dived. She had already escaped a dive-bombing attack at 0250 hours. At 0451 hours, Onice made an enemy report and returned to Benghazi. | |||||||
| 42. | Onice (OC) | 10 Oct 1941 | 1850 | Benghazi | 11 Oct 1941 | 0830 | Benghazi | 20,5 | Antisubmarine patrol off Benghazi. Uneventful. | |
| 10 Oct 1941 | 0415 0415 (e) | (0) Off Benghazi. | At 0415 hours, a submarine was sighted surfacing. Onice fired three rounds and a torpedo from a distance of 2,200 metres. All missed. This was HMS Regent (Lieutenant W.N.R. Knox, RN). The Italian submarine was mistaken for a destroyer and she crash-dived. She had already escaped a dive-bombing attack at 0250 hours. At 0451 hours, Onice made an enemy report and returned to Benghazi. | |||||||
| 43. | Onice (OC) | 11 Oct 1941 | 1845 | Benghazi | 12 Oct 1941 | 0730 | Benghazi | 33,3 | Antisubmarine patrol off Benghazi. Uneventful. | |
| 44. | Onice (OC) | 12 Oct 1941 | 1819 | Benghazi | 13 Oct 1941 | 0800 | Benghazi | 79 | Antisubmarine patrol off Benghazi with torpedo boats Calliope and Orione. Uneventful. | |
| Onice (OC) | 13 Oct 1941 | 1800 | Benghazi | 16 Oct 1941 | 0815 | Messina | 444 | Passage Benghazi-Messina. Uneventful [ULTRA intercept]. | ||
| Onice (OC) | 7 Nov 1941 | 0930 | Messina | 7 Nov 1941 | 1220 | Messina | 12,5 | Trials. | ||
| 45. | Onice (OC) | 11 Nov 1941 | 2030 | Messina | 24 Nov 1941 | 2050 | Messina | 1482 | Patrolled southeast of Pantelleria between 36°35'N and 36°50'N, and between 12°05'E and 12°25'E. On the evening of 17th November, ordered to 36°15'N, 13°35'E. | |
| 19 Nov 1941 | 0350 | 36° 10'N, 13° 30'E | At 0350 hours, a small vessel was sighted. It was perhaps a submarine chaser. Onice turned away. | |||||||
| Serpente (ex-Nautilus) (SE) | 1 Mar 1942 | Brindisi | 31 Mar 1942 | Brindisi | Available in Brindisi until 24th February 1942, then on reserve. | |||||
| Filippo Corridoni (CR) | 3 Mar 1942 | 0815 | Brindisi | 3 Mar 1942 | 1617 | Brindisi | 46 | Exercises. | ||
| Marcantonio Bragadino (BG) | 5 Mar 1942 | 0830 | Brindisi | 5 Mar 1942 | 1545 | Brindisi | 40 | Exercises. | ||
| Giovanni da Procida (DP) | 1 Apr 1942 | Taranto | 20 May 1942 | Taranto | In Taranto. Change in command. Not operational until Armistice. | |||||
| Pietro Micca (MC) | 8 Apr 1942 | Taranto | 23 Apr 1942 | Taranto | Refit. Change in command. | |||||
| Ruggiero Settimo (RS) | 8 Apr 1942 | Taranto | 22 May 1942 | Taranto | Long refit in Taranto (cont.). | |||||
| Tito Speri (TS) | 9 Apr 1942 | Taranto | 22 May 1942 | Taranto | In reserve at Taranto. | |||||
104 entries. 102 total patrol entries (45 marked as war patrols) and 10 events.