Italian submarine fates
Ships hit by Italian submarines
Balkis
| Type | Cargo ship | |||
| Country |  Norwegian | |||
| Built | 1939 | GRT | 2,161 | |
| Date of attack | 11 Apr 1942 | Time | 0024 2030 EWT or 2230/10 (e) | |
| Fate | Sunk by submarine Pietro Calvi (C.C. Emilio Olivieri) | |||
| Position of attack | 2° 25'S, 38° 27'W | |||
| Complement | 31 (7 dead and 24 survivors) | |||
| Convoy | ||||
| Notes | At 2255 hours on 10th April, a vessel was sighted proceeding on a 130° course at 12 knots. The submarine maneuvered to intercept her and at 0024 hours on the 11th, fired two torpedoes (533mm) from the bow tubes at a distance of 350 metres. The first missed, but the second appeared to hit just under the bridge (she was actually hit in No.2 hold). This was the Norwegian Balkis (2.161 GRT, built 1939) on a trip from Halifax to Buenos Aires. The submarine fired her machine guns to speed up the evacuation of the ship which finally sank at 0100 hours. Seven men were killed or missing, the twenty-four survivors had taken into a lifeboat and a motorboat and were picked up on the following day by the Swedish Scania. | |||