Italian submarine fates
Ships hit by Italian submarines
Celtic Star
| Type | Cargo ship | |||
| Country |  British | |||
| Built | 1917 | GRT | 5,575 | |
| Date of attack | 30 Mar 1943 | Time | 0058 2305Z/29 (e) | |
| Fate | Sunk by submarine Giuseppe Finzi (T.V. Mario Rossetto) | |||
| Position of attack | 4° 08'N, 17° 35'W | |||
| Complement | 65 (2 dead and 63 survivors) | |||
| Convoy | ||||
| Notes | A smoke was sighted at 1150 hours on 29th March 1943 in 05°15' N, 17°03' W. The submarine maneuvered to intercept after dark. At 0057 hours on the 30th, Giuseppe Finzi fired a pair of torpedoes from a distance of 2,700 metres. They missed. The target was the British Celtic Star (5,575 GRT, built 1918) on a voyage from Manchester and Greenock to Montevideo and Buenos Aires. At 0058 hours, a second pair of torpedoes was fired and this time both hit after 2 minutes and 10 seconds. Celtic Star sank at 0112 hours. Two men were killed. A Canadian G. Paatinson was captured by the submarine. HMS Fandango, HMS Aimwell and HMS Wastwater searched for survivors and sixty-three were recovered (also reported as sixty-six). | |||