WW2 Italian Submarines

Officerpuppy · 03-05-07, 09:43 PM

Alright so here I am writeing a small paper for my military history class on Admiral Doenitz. I'm looking at wiki over the battle of the atlantic, out of curiosity. Right at the bottom under external links I see one called "Sub.net ITALIA: Italian Submarines in Battle of Atlantic Pages" I was like wow....why did I never think of that before? :hmm: I've always heard about US subs, German subs, British subs *barely* but Italian? Hmm...I clicked the link but it does not work.

Can anyone shed some light on this "new" idea for me

What did Italian subs look like? where did they operate and their sucesses, or failures?

bookworm_020 · 03-06-07, 12:27 AM

Found a link htat gives a time line of italian submarine action,

http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/2270/ww2e.htm

It's not much, but it's a start

Mush Martin · 03-06-07, 12:38 AM

The Italians had many many many designs
some tiny and some cumbersome
some good performers many not.

Highlights for the Italian subs are

Archimede and torricelli
Gallelei and Ferraris

The Brin Class boats

The Revolutionary commerce raiding torpedo
layout of Cagni.

Gondar and Scire and there association with
the Human torpedos

and the Da Vinci group of submarines
that operated In the south atlantic.

MM

Bertgang · 03-06-07, 04:13 AM

Sorry for subnetitalia, it's really interesting when working.

Anyway, you could find lot of informations also here: http://www.regiamarina.net/subs/index.htm

Kpt. Kozloff · 03-06-07, 06:11 AM

Germans used these four Italian submarines at 12th Flotilla in Bordeaux:
UIT-22 Alpino Bagnolini
UIT-23 Reginaldo Giuliani
UIT-24 Comandante Cappellini
UIT-25 Luigi Torelli

Bertgang · 03-06-07, 07:55 AM

These four were sized after italian surrender.

Betasom (the official name for our flotilla in Bordeaux) reached for short time a strenght of thirty units about.

The most unexpected add was the coastal sub "Perla", evacuated before the lost of his base in eastern africa.

The most successfull one was the "Tazzoli", a quite obsolete oceanic boat with two deck guns.

The most successfull patrol was made by another one, sinking about 60.000 tons in 1943, when this kind of performance was becoming a bit difficult.

03-05-07, 09:43 PM	#1
Officerpuppy Engineer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Mansfield, TX Posts: 213 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	WW2 Italian Submarines Alright so here I am writeing a small paper for my military history class on Admiral Doenitz. I'm looking at wiki over the battle of the atlantic, out of curiosity. Right at the bottom under external links I see one called "Sub.net ITALIA: Italian Submarines in Battle of Atlantic Pages" I was like wow....why did I never think of that before? :hmm: I've always heard about US subs, German subs, British subs barely but Italian? Hmm...I clicked the link but it does not work. Can anyone shed some light on this "new" idea for me What did Italian subs look like? where did they operate and their sucesses, or failures?

03-06-07, 12:27 AM	#2
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Found a link htat gives a time line of italian submarine action, http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/2270/ww2e.htm It's not much, but it's a start __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

03-06-07, 12:38 AM	#3
Mush Martin Eternal Patrol Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 4,398 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	The Italians had many many many designs some tiny and some cumbersome some good performers many not. Highlights for the Italian subs are Archimede and torricelli Gallelei and Ferraris The Brin Class boats The Revolutionary commerce raiding torpedo layout of Cagni. Gondar and Scire and there association with the Human torpedos and the Da Vinci group of submarines that operated In the south atlantic. MM __________________ RIP Mush Tutorial

03-06-07, 06:11 AM	#5
Kpt. Kozloff Frogman Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Jersey - Channel Islands, UK Posts: 305 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	Germans used these four Italian submarines at 12th Flotilla in Bordeaux: UIT-22 Alpino Bagnolini UIT-23 Reginaldo Giuliani UIT-24 Comandante Cappellini UIT-25 Luigi Torelli __________________ GWX1.03/Cmdr2.7/plus all sorts of tweaks

03-06-07, 04:13 AM	#4
Bertgang Sparky Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Italy Posts: 158 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Sorry for subnetitalia, it's really interesting when working. Anyway, you could find lot of informations also here: http://www.regiamarina.net/subs/index.htm

03-06-07, 07:55 AM	#6
Bertgang Sparky Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Italy Posts: 158 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	These four were sized after italian surrender. Betasom (the official name for our flotilla in Bordeaux) reached for short time a strenght of thirty units about. The most unexpected add was the coastal sub "Perla", evacuated before the lost of his base in eastern africa. The most successfull one was the "Tazzoli", a quite obsolete oceanic boat with two deck guns. The most successfull patrol was made by another one, sinking about 60.000 tons in 1943, when this kind of performance was becoming a bit difficult.