Italian submarines in World War Two

Italian Commanders

Antonio Canezza

Born

1 Apr 1907

Bogliasco (Genoa)

Ranks

		S.T.V.	Sottotenente di Vascello
		T.V.	Tenente di Vascello

Decorations

Career information

H.2 (S.T.V. First Officer): From 15.03.1940 to November 1940+
Promoted T.V. on ?
H.2 (T.V. C.O.): from 09.03.1942 to 17.11.1943.
H.8 (T.V. C.O.): from 01.05.1942 to 02.05.1942.
H.8 (T.V. C.O.): from 26.02.1943 to 29.03.1943.
H.4 (T.V. C.O.): from 01.11.1943 to 22.05.1944.
H.1 (T.V. C.O.): from 17.11.1943 to 17.06.1945.
H.1 (T.V. C.O.): from 26.07.1945 to end of war.

Commands listed for Antonio Canezza

Submarine	Type	Rank	From	To
H 8 (H8)	Coastal	T.V.	1 May 1942	2 May 1942
H 8 (H8)	Coastal	T.V.	26 Feb 1943	29 Mar 1943
H 2 (H2)	Coastal	T.V.	9 Mar 1942	17 Nov 1943
H 4 (H4)	Coastal	T.V.	1 Nov 1943	22 May 1944
H 4 (H4)	Coastal	T.V.	6 Aug 1944	15 Aug 1944
H 1 (H1, P.56)	Coastal	T.V.	17 Nov 1943	17 Jun 1945
H 1 (H1, P.56)	Coastal	T.V.	26 Jul 1945	Aug 1945

Ships hit by Antonio Canezza

No ships hit by this Commander.

War patrols listed for Antonio Canezza

	Submarine	Date	Time	Port	Arr. date	Arr. time	Arr. port	Miles	Description
	H 2 (H2)	9 Mar 1942	1440	Taranto	10 Mar 1942	0845	Brindisi	157	Passage Taranto-Brindisi.
		10 Mar 1942	0240	(0) 156° - Cape Otranto - 5 miles.	At 0240 hours, H.2 reported sighting a torpedo track which missed her a few metres ahead. No Allied submarine operated in area at the time, so the "torpedo" was probably a porpoise . Note: Topazio reported receiving the signal on 9th March, which means that the transfer dates of Topazio or H.2 may be incorrect.

	H 2 (H2)	15 Apr 1942	0835	Brindisi	15 Apr 1942	1154	Brindisi	12	Trials.

	H 2 (H2)	19 Apr 1942	0815	Brindisi	19 Apr 1942	1835	Gallipoli	109,5	Passage Brindisi-Gallipoli, escorted by the auxiliary Gismondi.

	H 2 (H2)	21 Apr 1942	0820	Gallipoli	21 Apr 1942	1650	Gallipoli	6	Trials with MAS 439 and MAS 441.

	H 2 (H2)	22 Apr 1942	0700	Gallipoli	22 Apr 1942	1510	Gallipoli	8	Trials with two MAS boats.

	H 2 (H2)	23 Apr 1942	0730	Gallipoli	23 Apr 1942	1240	Gallipoli	4	Trials.

	H 2 (H2)	24 Apr 1942	0715	Gallipoli	24 Apr 1942	1500	Gallipoli	5	Trials.

	H 2 (H2)	25 Apr 1942	0600	Gallipoli	25 Apr 1942	1035	Taranto	52	Passage Gallipoli-Taranto, escorted by MAS 441.

	H 2 (H2)	29 Apr 1942	0800	Taranto	29 Apr 1942	1015	Taranto	6	Exercises.

1.	H 2 (H2)	30 Apr 1942	0800	Taranto	1 May 1942	1200	Taranto	100	Hydrophone Watch in Gulf of Taranto. Uneventful.

2.	H 8 (H8)	1 May 1942	1935	Taranto	2 May 1942	1125	Taranto	104	Hydrophone watch in Gulf of Taranto. Uneventful.

	H 2 (H2)	21 May 1942	1330	Taranto	21 May 1942	1522	Taranto	6	Trials.

	H 2 (H2)	22 May 1942	0445	Taranto	22 May 1942	1045	Gallipoli	54	Passage Taranto-Gallipoli.

	H 2 (H2)	22 May 1942	1305	Gallipoli	22 May 1942	1705	Gallipoli	7	Exercises, escorted by MAS 438, MAS 439 and MAS 440.

	H 2 (H2)	23 May 1942	0720	Gallipoli	23 May 1942	1116	Gallipoli	11	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	24 May 1942	0520	Gallipoli	24 May 1942	1040	Taranto	53	Passage Gallipoli-Taranto.

	H 2 (H2)	24 May 1942	0735	Taranto	24 May 1942	1350	Taranto	39	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	1 Jun 1942	0650	Taranto	1 Jun 1942	1505	Taranto	54	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	6 Jun 1942	0700	Taranto	6 Jun 1942	1550	Taranto	63	Sonar exercises with the destroyer Corazziere.

	H 2 (H2)	27 Jun 1942	0417	Taranto	27 Jun 1942	1705	Crotone	110	Passage Taranto-Crotone.

	H 2 (H2)	28 Jun 1942	0525	Crotone	28 Jun 1942	1600	Crotone	89	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	29 Jun 1942	0700	Crotone	29 Jun 1942	1400	Crotone	49	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	1 Jul 1942	0610	Crotone	1 Jul 1942	1755	Taranto	110	Passage Crotone-Taranto.

	H 2 (H2)	14 Aug 1942	1330	Taranto	14 Aug 1942	1600	Taranto	8	Trials.

	H 2 (H2)	17 Aug 1942	0745	Taranto	17 Aug 1942	1215	Taranto	10	Exercises.

3.	H 2 (H2)	21 Aug 1942	1930	Taranto	22 Aug 1942	1150	Taranto	99	Hydrophone Watch in Gulf of Taranto. Uneventful.

	H 2 (H2)	10 Sep 1942	0750	Taranto	10 Sep 1942	1525	Taranto	38	Exercises.

4.	H 2 (H2)	15 Sep 1942	1930	Taranto	16 Sep 1942	1322	Taranto	102	Hydrophone Watch in Gulf of Taranto. Uneventful.

5.	H 2 (H2)	16 Sep 1942	1930	Taranto	17 Sep 1942	1315	Taranto	101	Hydrophone Watch in Gulf of Taranto. Uneventful.

	H 2 (H2)	20 Sep 1942	0655	Taranto	20 Sep 1942	1512	Taranto	43,8	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	21 Sep 1942	0650	Taranto	21 Sep 1942	1225	Taranto	35	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	26 Sep 1942	0645	Taranto	26 Sep 1942	0925	Taranto	12	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	8 Oct 1942	0745	Taranto	8 Oct 1942	1500	Taranto	40	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	10 Oct 1942	0750	Taranto	10 Oct 1942	1200	Taranto	30	Exercises.

6.	H 2 (H2)	11 Oct 1942	1955	Taranto	12 Oct 1942	1204	Taranto	104	Hydrophone Watch in Gulf of Taranto. Uneventful.

	H 2 (H2)	16 Oct 1942	0815	Taranto	16 Oct 1942	1335	Taranto	26	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	17 Oct 1942	1340	Taranto	17 Oct 1942	1840	Taranto	26,5	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	19 Oct 1942	0650	Taranto	19 Oct 1942	1330	Taranto	32	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	31 Oct 1942	1005	Taranto	31 Oct 1942	1710	Taranto	31,5	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	4 Nov 1942	0330	Taranto	4 Nov 1942	1600	Crotone	110	Passage Taranto-Crotone.

	H 2 (H2)	5 Nov 1942	0814	Crotone	5 Nov 1942	1650	Crotone	38	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	8 Nov 1942	0744	Crotone	8 Nov 1942	1820	Crotone	69	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	9 Nov 1942	0655	Crotone	9 Nov 1942	1725	Crotone	47	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	10 Nov 1942	0725	Crotone	10 Nov 1942	1145	Crotone	16	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	11 Nov 1942	0740	Crotone	11 Nov 1942	1625	Crotone	25	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	12 Nov 1942	0350	Crotone	12 Nov 1942	1625	Taranto	110	Passage Crotone-Taranto.

	H 2 (H2)	13 Nov 1942	0025	Taranto	15 Nov 1942	1000	Messina		Passage Taranto-Messina. Uneventful.

	H 2 (H2)	16 Nov 1942	1145	Messina	17 Nov 1942	1050	Naples		Passage Messina-Naples.
		17 Nov 1942	0400	40° 25'N, 14° 03'E	At 0400 hours, an enemy submarine was sighted at a distance of 2,500-3,000 metres. H.2 had readied tubes no. 1 and 3, but the enemy got further away and H.2 could not close the distance. This was almost certainly HMS Turbulent (Cdr. J.W. Linton, DSO, RN) who did not notice the Italian submarine.

	H 2 (H2)	19 Nov 1942	1900	Naples	21 Nov 1942	0725	La Spezia	845	Passage Naples-La Spezia.

	H 2 (H2)	28 Nov 1942	1250	La Spezia	28 Nov 1942	1530	La Spezia	18,3	Trials.

	H 2 (H2)	3 Dec 1942	0735	La Spezia	3 Dec 1942	1355	La Spezia	40,7	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	9 Dec 1942	0700	La Spezia	9 Dec 1942	1622	La Spezia	35	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	11 Dec 1942	1230	La Spezia	11 Dec 1942	1640	La Spezia	27	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	18 Dec 1942	0730	La Spezia	18 Dec 1942	1650	La Spezia	36,5	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	22 Dec 1942	0745	La Spezia	22 Dec 1942	1745	La Spezia	39	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	24 Dec 1942	0733	La Spezia	24 Dec 1942	1615	La Spezia	40	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	28 Dec 1942	0740	La Spezia	28 Dec 1942	1500	La Spezia	40	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	30 Dec 1942	No time	La Spezia	30 Dec 1942	No time	La Spezia	49	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	2 Jan 1943	0830	La Spezia	2 Jan 1943	1410	La Spezia	34	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	7 Jan 1943	0730	La Spezia	7 Jan 1943	1640	La Spezia	39	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	12 Jan 1943	0745	La Spezia	12 Jan 1943	1700	La Spezia	36	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	14 Jan 1943	0830	La Spezia	14 Jan 1943	1420	La Spezia	30	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	21 Jan 1943	0840	La Spezia	21 Jan 1943	1825	La Spezia	26,5	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	26 Jan 1943	0730	La Spezia	26 Jan 1943	1630	La Spezia	29	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	28 Jan 1943	0735	La Spezia	28 Jan 1943	1625	La Spezia	35	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	1 Feb 1943	0845	La Spezia	1 Feb 1943	1425	Genoa	58	Passage La Spezia-Genoa.

	H 8 (H8)	3 Mar 1943		La Spezia	3 Mar 1943		La Spezia		Refit?

	H 8 (H8)	5 Mar 1943		La Spezia	5 Mar 1943		La Spezia		Exercises with the submarine chaser Landi.

	H 8 (H8)	11 Mar 1943		La Spezia	11 Mar 1943		La Spezia		Exercises with the submarine chasers Pertinace and Nettuno.

	H 2 (H2)	12 Mar 1943	0915	Genoa	12 Mar 1943	1605	Genoa	20,8	Exercises.

	H 8 (H8)	12 Mar 1943		La Spezia	12 Mar 1943		La Spezia		Exercises with the submarine chasers Equa and Regina Elena.

	H 2 (H2)	15 Mar 1943	0900	Genoa	15 Mar 1943	1300	Genoa	43	Speed trials.

	H 2 (H2)	16 Mar 1943	0905	Genoa	16 Mar 1943	1420	La Spezia	57	Passage Genoa-La Spezia.

	H 8 (H8)	16 Mar 1943		La Spezia	16 Mar 1943		La Spezia		Exercises with the submarine chasers Pertinace and Regina Elena.

	H 8 (H8)	18 Mar 1943		La Spezia	18 Mar 1943		La Spezia		Exercises with the submarine chasers Pertinace and Regina Elena and the corvette Folaga.

	H 2 (H2)	20 Mar 1943	0844	La Spezia	20 Mar 1943	1900	La Spezia	28,5	Exercises.

	H 8 (H8)	23 Mar 1943		La Spezia	23 Mar 1943		La Spezia		Exercises with the corvettes Folaga and Euterpe and the torpedo boat Pallade.

	H 2 (H2)	24 Mar 1943	0725	La Spezia	24 Mar 1943	1610	La Spezia	37	Exercises.

	H 8 (H8)	29 Mar 1943		La Spezia	29 Mar 1943		La Spezia		Exercises with the corvettes Folaga and Euterpe and the submarine chasers Regina Elena and Equa.

	H 2 (H2)	31 Mar 1943	0710	La Spezia	31 Mar 1943	1905	La Spezia	42,5	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	1 Apr 1943	1005	La Spezia	1 Apr 1943	1635	La Spezia	29	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	6 Apr 1943	0725	La Spezia	6 Apr 1943	1325	La Spezia	35,5	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	7 Apr 1943	0900	La Spezia	7 Apr 1943	1730	La Spezia	35	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	8 Apr 1943	0800	La Spezia	8 Apr 1943	1040	La Spezia	3	Gyrocompass tests.

	H 2 (H2)	10 Apr 1943	0800	La Spezia	10 Apr 1943	1635	La Spezia	26	Exercises.

7.	H 2 (H2)	15 Apr 1943	1800	La Spezia	16 Apr 1943	0935	La Spezia	71	Defensive patrol with the submarine H.8 (hydrophone watch), between (1) 43°45'N, 09°33'E (2) 43°43'N, 09°35'E (3) 43°41'N, 09°18'E (4) 43°38'N, 09°20'E. Uneventful.

	H 2 (H2)	28 Apr 1943	0650	La Spezia	28 Apr 1943	1752	La Spezia	39	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	30 Apr 1943	0718	La Spezia	30 Apr 1943	1350	La Spezia	32	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	2 May 1943	0710	La Spezia	2 May 1943	1312	La Spezia	27	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	3 May 1943	0720	La Spezia	3 May 1943	1448	La Spezia	29	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	8 May 1943	0755	La Spezia	8 May 1943	1555	La Spezia	36	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	11 May 1943	0650	La Spezia	11 May 1943	1650	La Spezia	51	Exercises.

8.	H 2 (H2)	12 May 1943	1750	La Spezia	13 May 1943	0810	La Spezia	74	Hydrophone Watch in the Ligurian Gulf. Uneventful.

	H 2 (H2)	14 May 1943	0550	La Spezia	14 May 1943	1215	La Spezia	49,5	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	15 May 1943	0746	La Spezia	15 May 1943	1728	La Spezia	37	Exercises.

9.	H 2 (H2)	24 May 1943	1817	La Spezia	25 May 1943	0830	La Spezia	85	Defensive patrol with submarine H.8 (hydrophone watch) in area between (1) 44°00'N, 09°22'E (2) 43°58'N, 09°24'E (3) 43°54'N, 09°07'E and (4) 43°52'N, 09°05'E. Uneventful.

10.	H 2 (H2)	25 May 1943	2157	La Spezia	26 May 1943	0822	La Spezia	69	Defensive patrol in the Ligurian Gulf with submarine H.8 (hydrophone watch). Uneventful.

	H 2 (H2)	28 May 1943	0730	La Spezia	28 May 1943	1700	La Spezia	37	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	30 May 1943	0720	La Spezia	30 May 1943	1520	La Spezia	25	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	1 Jun 1943	0711	La Spezia	1 Jun 1943	1321	La Spezia	34	Exercises.

11.	H 2 (H2)	2 Jun 1943	1640	La Spezia	3 Jun 1943	1000	La Spezia	103	Defensive patrol in the Ligurian Gulf. Uneventful.

	H 2 (H2)	5 Jun 1943	0640	La Spezia	5 Jun 1943	1620	La Spezia	28	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	7 Jun 1943	1012	La Spezia	7 Jun 1943	1556	La Spezia	22	Exercises.

12.	H 2 (H2)	7 Jun 1943	1750	La Spezia	8 Jun 1943	0940	La Spezia	101	Defensive patrol in the Ligurian Gulf. Uneventful.

13.	H 2 (H2)	9 Jun 1943	0655	La Spezia	9 Jun 1943	1820	La Spezia	32	Hydrophone watch.

	H 2 (H2)	11 Jun 1943	0740	La Spezia	11 Jun 1943	1930	La Spezia	60	Exercises.

14.	H 2 (H2)	14 Jun 1943	1910	La Spezia	15 Jun 1943	0712	La Spezia	55	Defensive patrol in the Ligurian Gulf. Uneventful.

	H 2 (H2)	21 Jun 1943	0713	La Spezia	21 Jun 1943	2024	La Spezia	50	Exercises.

15.	H 2 (H2)	24 Jun 1943	1920	La Spezia	25 Jun 1943	0735	La Spezia	57	Defensive patrol in the Ligurian Gulf. Uneventful. No patrol report.

	H 2 (H2)	27 Jun 1943	0445	La Spezia	27 Jun 1943	1204	La Spezia	35	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	29 Jun 1943	0530	La Spezia	29 Jun 1943	1545	La Spezia	34	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	1 Jul 1943	0510	La Spezia	1 Jul 1943	1917	La Spezia	49	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	3 Jul 1943	0515	La Spezia	3 Jul 1943	1825	La Spezia	35	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	5 Jul 1943	0831	La Spezia	5 Jul 1943	1542	La Spezia	28	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	8 Jul 1943	0733	La Spezia	9 Jul 1943	0900	La Spezia	8	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	12 Jul 1943	0624	La Spezia	12 Jul 1943	1932	La Spezia	49	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	14 Jul 1943	0630	La Spezia	14 Jul 1943	1821	La Spezia	40	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	16 Jul 1943	0825	La Spezia	16 Jul 1943	1910	La Spezia	35	Exercises.

16.	H 2 (H2)	18 Jul 1943	1820	La Spezia	19 Jul 1943	0700	La Spezia	68	Defensive patrol in the Ligurian Gulf. Uneventful.

17.	H 2 (H2)	21 Jul 1943	1810	La Spezia	22 Jul 1943	0730	La Spezia	61	Defensive patrol in the Ligurian Gulf. Uneventful.

	H 2 (H2)	24 Jul 1943	0700	La Spezia	24 Jul 1943	1642	La Spezia	28	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	27 Jul 1943	0730	La Spezia	27 Jul 1943	1305	La Spezia	31	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	29 Jul 1943	0825	La Spezia	29 Jul 1943	1600	La Spezia	42	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	31 Jul 1943	0715	La Spezia	31 Jul 1943	1154	La Spezia	16	Exercises.

18.	H 2 (H2)	12 Aug 1943	1825	La Spezia	13 Aug 1943	1330	La Spezia		Hydrophone patrol.

	H 2 (H2)	1 Sep 1943	0610	La Spezia	1 Sep 1943	1320	La Spezia	46	A/S exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	7 Sep 1943	1650	La Spezia	8 Sep 1943	1323	Ajaccio	160	Passage La Spezia-Ajaccio.
		8 Sep 1943	0225	(0) Off Cape Corse.	At 0225 hours, an enemy submarine was sighted. This was probably HMS Sportsman patrolling near Cape Corse.

	H 2 (H2)	11 Sep 1943	0030	Ajaccio	12 Sep 1943	1825	Portoferraio	170	Passage Ajaccio-Portoferraio with H.1 and H.4.
		11 Sep 1943	1000	(0) Off Cape Corso.	At 1000 hours, H.2, proceeding submerged, had a slight collision with H.4 but no significant damage was reported.
		12 Sep 1943	0115 0200 (e)	(0) German Grid CJ 1694.	At 0115 hours, a German S-boot was encountered and signalled H.2 to stop. It opened fire with machine-guns as the submarine increased speed. This was S-158 who claimed a hit, but the submarine was undamaged. The submarine responded in Italian and kept on going and after an hour the German boat gave up the chase.

	H 2 (H2)	12 Sep 1943	2010	Portoferraio	15 Sep 1943	0813	Palermo	330	Passage Portoferraio-Palermo with H.1 and H.4. Uneventful.
		12 Sep 1943	0115 0200 (e)	(0) German Grid CJ 1694.	At 0115 hours, a German S-boot was encountered and signalled H.2 to stop. It opened fire with machine-guns as the submarine increased speed. This was S-158 who claimed a hit, but the submarine was undamaged. The submarine responded in Italian and kept on going and after an hour the German boat gave up the chase.

	H 2 (H2)	19 Sep 1943	1255	Palermo	20 Sep 1943	1750	St. Paul (Malta)	230	Passage Palermo-St. Paul (Malta).

	H 2 (H2)	2 Oct 1943	1300	Saint Paul (Malta)	2 Oct 1943	1600	Sliema (Malta)	25	Passage St. Paul (Malta)-Sliema (Malta).

	H 4 (H4)	1 Nov 1943		Malta	22 May 1944		Malta		At Malta. Change in command.

	H 2 (H2)	2 Nov 1943	0813	Malta	2 Nov 1943	1130	Malta	14	Exercises.

	H 2 (H2)	9 Nov 1943	0645	Malta	9 Nov 1943	1626	Malta	45	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	18 Nov 1943	0652	Malta	18 Nov 1943	1528	Malta	48,5	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	23 Nov 1943	1325	Malta	23 Nov 1943	1720	Malta	16	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	24 Nov 1943	1327	Malta	24 Nov 1943	1730	Malta	17	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	27 Nov 1943	0710	Malta	27 Nov 1943	1445	Malta	47	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	29 Nov 1943	1330	Malta	29 Nov 1943	1656	Malta	16	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	30 Nov 1943	0704	Malta	30 Nov 1943	1640	Malta	51	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	1 Dec 1943	1331	Malta	1 Dec 1943	1619	Malta	15,2	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	2 Dec 1943	0655	Malta	2 Dec 1943	1630	Malta	58,5	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	6 Dec 1943	1332	Malta	6 Dec 1943	1642	Malta	17,5	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	7 Dec 1943	1328	Malta	7 Dec 1943	1625	Malta	16	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	8 Dec 1943	0704	Malta	8 Dec 1943	1635	Malta	55,5	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	9 Dec 1943	0715	Malta	9 Dec 1943	1608	Malta	58	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	13 Dec 1943	1333	Malta	13 Dec 1943	1545	Malta	13,7	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	14 Dec 1943	1330	Malta	14 Dec 1943	1650	Malta	14,4	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	15 Dec 1943	1325	Malta	15 Dec 1943	1604	Malta	15,5	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	18 Dec 1943	0705	Malta	18 Dec 1943	1555	Malta	59,5	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	21 Dec 1943	0710	Malta	21 Dec 1943	1645	Malta	47,4	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	22 Dec 1943	0705	Malta	22 Dec 1943	1347	Malta	40,9	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	27 Dec 1943	1330	Malta	27 Dec 1943	1640	Malta	17,5	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	28 Dec 1943	1323	Malta	28 Dec 1943	1640	Malta	20	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	29 Dec 1943	1325	Malta	29 Dec 1943	1618	Malta	18	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	6 Jan 1944	0715	Malta	6 Jan 1944	1415	Malta	51,5	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	10 Jan 1944	1330	Malta	10 Jan 1944	1640	Malta	21	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	11 Jan 1944	1335	Malta	11 Jan 1944	1614	Malta	18	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	12 Jan 1944	1056	Malta	12 Jan 1944	1759	Malta	48	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	14 Jan 1944	0714	Malta	14 Jan 1944	0826	Malta	8	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	15 Jan 1944	0720	Malta	15 Jan 1944	1550	Malta	58	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	17 Jan 1944	1340	Malta	17 Jan 1944	1555	Malta	14	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	19 Jan 1944	0630	Malta	19 Jan 1944	1710	Malta	66	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	21 Jan 1944	0715	Malta	21 Jan 1944	1532	Malta	55	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	23 Jan 1944	1340	Malta	23 Jan 1944	1607	Malta	17	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	25 Jan 1944	1338	Malta	25 Jan 1944	1610	Malta	17,5	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	31 Jan 1944	0710	Malta	31 Jan 1944	1645	Malta	64	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	1 Feb 1944	1335	Sliema (Malta)	1 Feb 1944	1555	Sliema (Malta)	15	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	2 Feb 1944	1330	Sliema (Malta)	2 Feb 1944	1640	Sliema (Malta)	20	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	3 Feb 1944	0725	Sliema (Malta)	3 Feb 1944	0830	Dockyard	3	Docked.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	7 Feb 1944	0725	Dockyard	7 Feb 1944	0830	Sliema (Malta)	56	Undocked and exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	8 Feb 1944	1338	Sliema (Malta)	8 Feb 1944	1656	Sliema (Malta)	20	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	9 Feb 1944	1328	Sliema (Malta)	9 Feb 1944	1635	Sliema (Malta)	19,5	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	15 Feb 1944	1327	Sliema (Malta)	15 Feb 1944	1557	Sliema (Malta)	18	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	16 Feb 1944	1335	Sliema (Malta)	16 Feb 1944	1700	Sliema (Malta)	18	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	17 Feb 1944	1040	Sliema (Malta)	17 Feb 1944	1515	Sliema (Malta)	35	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	18 Feb 1944	1036	Sliema (Malta)	18 Feb 1944	1906	Sliema (Malta)	55	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	19 Feb 1944	0812	Sliema (Malta)	19 Feb 1944	1737	Sliema (Malta)	54,5	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	21 Feb 1944	1715	Sliema (Malta)	21 Feb 1944	1800	Dockyard	3	Docked.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	27 Feb 1944	1720	Dockyard	27 Feb 1944	1805	Sliema (Malta)	3	Undocked.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	29 Feb 1944	1050	Sliema (Malta)	29 Feb 1944	1620	Sliema (Malta)	41	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	1 Mar 1944	1050	Malta	1 Mar 1944	1610	Malta	44	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	5 Mar 1944	0655	Malta	5 Mar 1944	1500	Malta	45	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	7 Mar 1944	1200	Malta	7 Mar 1944	1700	Malta	40	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	8 Mar 1944	1205	Malta	8 Mar 1944	1735	Malta	31,5	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	9 Mar 1944	0600	Malta	9 Mar 1944	1457	Malta	40	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	11 Mar 1944	0738	Malta	11 Mar 1944	1939	Malta	53	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	15 Mar 1944	1725	Malta	16 Mar 1944	0945	Augusta	106	Passage Malta-Augusta.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	22 Mar 1944	0835	Augusta	22 Mar 1944	1640	Augusta	40	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	24 Mar 1944	0720	Augusta	24 Mar 1944	1650	Augusta	47	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	26 Mar 1944	1805	Augusta	26 Mar 1944	2200	Augusta	19	Sailed for Malta, escorted by the armed trawler HMT Unst but turned back because of the bad weather.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	27 Mar 1944	1805	Augusta	28 Mar 1944	2200	Quarantine harbour (Malta)	98	Passage Augusta-Quarantine harbour (Malta), escorted by the armed trawler HMT Unst.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	29 Mar 1944	0810	Malta	29 Mar 1944	1836	Malta	49	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	3 Apr 1944	0720	Malta	3 Apr 1944	1855	Malta	52	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	4 Apr 1944	0730	Malta	4 Apr 1944	1722	Malta	50	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	8 Apr 1944	0730	Malta	8 Apr 1944	1925	Malta	55	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	10 Apr 1944	0730	Malta	10 Apr 1944	1915	Malta	57	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	12 Apr 1944	0735	Malta	12 Apr 1944	1905	Malta	52	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	13 Apr 1944	0730	Malta	13 Apr 1944	1523	Malta	44,5	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	14 Apr 1944	0730	Malta	14 Apr 1944	1835	Malta	53,5	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	20 Apr 1944	0740	Malta	20 Apr 1944	1905	Malta	55	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	21 Apr 1944	0738	Malta	21 Apr 1944	2058	Malta	81	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	26 Apr 1944	0735	Malta	26 Apr 1944	1835	Malta	65,5	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	1 May 1944	0935	Malta	1 May 1944	1620	Malta	59,5	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	4 May 1944	0855	Malta	4 May 1944	1912	Malta	55,5	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	5 May 1944	0742	Malta	5 May 1944	1522	Malta	51	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	6 May 1944	0850	Malta	6 May 1944	1850	Malta	55,4	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	10 May 1944	0820	Malta	10 May 1944	1745	Malta	50	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	23 May 1944	1754	Malta	24 May 1944	0820	Augusta	104,5	Passage Malta-Augusta.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	30 May 1944	0450	Augusta	31 May 1944	1205	Taranto	286	Passage Augusta-Taranto.

	H 4 (H4)	9 Aug 1944	1910	Malta	11 Aug 1944	1135	Taranto	360	Passage Malta-Taranto towed by the torpedo boat Abba, with the submarine Otaria (who left them to go to Augusta).

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	20 Sep 1944	0810	Taranto	20 Sep 1944	1510	Taranto	35	Trials.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	27 Sep 1944	0805	Taranto	27 Sep 1944	1155	Taranto	28	Trials.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	8 Oct 1944	1300	Taranto	8 Oct 1944	1506	Taranto	11	Trials.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	8 Oct 1944	1300	Taranto	8 Oct 1944	1506	Taranto	11	Trials.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	10 Oct 1944	0608	Taranto	10 Oct 1944	1430	Taranto	34	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	14 Oct 1944	0627	Taranto	14 Oct 1944	1226	Taranto	30	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	21 Oct 1944	0616	Taranto	21 Oct 1944	1301	Taranto	36	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	24 Oct 1944	1520	Taranto	26 Oct 1944	0920	Augusta	377	Passage Taranto-Augusta.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	5 Nov 1944	0530	Augusta	5 Nov 1944	1710	Malta	98	Passage Augusta-Malta.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	7 Nov 1944	0725	Malta	7 Nov 1944	1522	Malta	37	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	10 Nov 1944	0805	Malta	10 Nov 1944	1016	Malta	16	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	15 Nov 1944	0805	Malta	15 Nov 1944	1715	Malta	42	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	22 Nov 1944	0810	Malta	22 Nov 1944	0908	Malta	6	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	27 Nov 1944	0900	Malta	27 Nov 1944	1701	Malta	39	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	28 Nov 1944	0854	Malta	28 Nov 1944	1659	Malta	40	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	3 Dec 1944	1047	Malta	3 Dec 1944	1817	Malta	38	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	4 Dec 1944	0813	Malta	4 Dec 1944	1741	Malta	40	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	13 Dec 1944	0802	Malta	13 Dec 1944	1747	Malta	40	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	15 Dec 1944	0700	Malta	15 Dec 1944	1740	Malta	44	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	18 Dec 1944	0802	Malta	18 Dec 1944	1721	Malta	41	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	30 Dec 1944	0801	Malta	30 Dec 1944	1707	Malta	41	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	1 Jan 1945	0806	Malta	1 Jan 1945	1007	Malta	16	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	6 Jan 1945	0808	Malta	6 Jan 1945	1716	Malta	45	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	11 Jan 1945	0807	Malta	11 Jan 1945	1647	Malta	41	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	13 Jan 1945	0801	Malta	13 Jan 1945	1615	Malta	41	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	19 Jan 1945	0830	Malta	19 Jan 1945	1204	Malta	20	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	21 Jan 1945	0811	Malta	21 Jan 1945	1258	Malta	25	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	22 Jan 1945	0805	Malta	22 Jan 1945	1005	Malta	12	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	24 Jan 1945	0804	Malta	24 Jan 1945	1731	Malta	44	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	26 Jan 1945	0811	Malta	26 Jan 1945	1835	Malta	57	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	27 Jan 1945	0827	Malta	27 Jan 1945	1300	Malta	30	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	29 Jan 1945	0828	Malta	29 Jan 1945	1015	Malta	11	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	9 Feb 1945	0816	Malta	9 Feb 1945	1733	Malta	44	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	11 Feb 1945	0803	Malta	11 Feb 1945	1730	Malta	45	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	5 Mar 1945	1150	Malta	5 Mar 1945	1952	Malta	46,5	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	7 Mar 1945	1053	Malta	7 Mar 1945	1855	Malta	48	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	13 Mar 1945	0720	Malta	13 Mar 1945	1544	Malta	51	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	21 Mar 1945	1045	Malta	21 Mar 1945	1734	Malta	42,5	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	5 Apr 1945	1021	Malta	5 Apr 1945	1900	Malta	46	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	7 Apr 1945	0713	Malta	7 Apr 1945	1555	Malta	48	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	9 Apr 1945	1043	Malta	9 Apr 1945	2019	Malta	52	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	17 Apr 1945	0618	Malta	17 Apr 1945	2055	Malta	70	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	26 Apr 1945	1513	Malta	27 Apr 1945	0748	Malta	115	Passage Malta-Augusta.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	5 May 1945	0503	Augusta	6 May 1945	1229	Taranto	255	Passage Augusta-Taranto.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	5 Jun 1945	0640	Taranto	5 Jun 1945	1310	Taranto	38	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	26 Jul 1945		Taranto	31 Aug 1945		Taranto		Change in command.

258 entries. 257 total patrol entries (18 marked as war patrols) and 6 events.

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