British and Allied Submarine
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Vice Admiral Sir Arthur Hezlet KBE CB DSO* DSC

 

 
     
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Map 34
The Mediterranean July - October 1942
Position of Submarines are for early September 1942


15 Jul P221 damages small steamer by gunfire (Sardinia)
20 Jul Nereus sinks three sailing vessels (Scarpanto)
3 Aug Thorn sinks Monviso of 5320 tons (Tobruk)
4-6 Aug Proteus sinks three caiques and a schooner (S Aegean)
7 Aug Proteus sinks Wachfels of 8465 tons (S Aegean)
11 Aug Thorn sunk by Italian Torpedo Boat Papa (Gavd Is)
12 Aug Porpoise lays mines off Sollum
Porpoise sinks Ogaden of 4555 tons (Tobruk)
P221 sinks Ada of 790 tons (Sardinia)
13 Aug P42 damages cruisers Attendolo and Bolzano (Lipari Is)
15 Aug Porpoise sinks Lerici of 6070 tons (Ionian Sea)
16 Aug P211 damages sloop Giovannino by gunfire (Sardinia)
17 Aug P211 sinks Ausonia of 220 tons (Sardinia)
Turbulent damages Nino Bixio of 7137 tons (W Co Greece)
18 Aug P44 sinks Rosolino Pilo of 8235 tons (Pantellaria)
P211 sinks Perseo of 4855 tons (Sardinia)
19 Aug P43 damages Pozarice of 1891 tons(W Co Greece)
22 Aug sinks destroyer Cantore by minelay of 12th August
27 Aug P35 sinks Manfredo Camperio of 5465 tons (W of Crete)
29 Aug Rorqual lays mines off Paxos
30 Aug Rorqual sinks Monstella of 5310 tons (Cephalonia)
4 Sep Thrasher sinks Padenna of 1590 tons (Tobruk)
5 Sep Traveller sinks Albachiara of 1245 tons (Tobruk)
12 Sep P212 sinks Ida of 24 tons and a schooner (W Co Sardinia)

 13 Sep P44 damages small merchant ship (Misutata)
17 Sep P44 sinks Rostro of 337 tons and a merchant ship (Khoms)
17 Sep Talisman strikes a mine and is lost (Sicilian Channel)
21 Sep P46 sinks Liberia of 3890 tons (E Tunisia)
22 Sep P46 sinks Leonardo Plaomba of 1110 tons (E Tunisia)
24 Sep Nereus sinks Fiume of 660 tons (Rhodes)
27 Sep P35 sinks Francesco Barbaro of 6345 tons (Cephalonia)
1 Oct P44 further damages Ravenna of 1148 tons (Calabria)
2 Oct P211 sinks Veglia of 895 tons (Adriatic)
5 Oct P211 damages Conto of 600 tons (Adriatic)
8 Oct Turbulent sinks Kreta of 2360 tons (Cyrenaica)
P211 damages 1500 ton steamer (Adriatic)
P37 sinks Lupa of 330 tons (Tripoli)
10 Oct P37 sinks Alga of 1850 tons (Tripoli)
P43 sinks Enrichetta of 4655 tons (Cephalonia)
11 Oct P46 sinks Una of 1395 tons (Naples)
13 Oct P46 sinks Loreto of 1055 tons (N Sicily)
Utmost sinks Nautilus of 2070 tons (Sardinia)
18 Oct Thrasher sinks tug Roma by gunfire (Aegean)
19 Oct P37 sinks destroyer Da Verazzano (Lampedusa)
P37 sinks Beppe of 4460 tons (Lampedusa)
20 Oct P211 sinks Titania of 5395 tons (Lampedusa)
Thrasher sinks Lero of 1980 tons (Aegean)
P44 further damages Petrarca of 3329 tons
(E Coast Tunisia)
23 Oct P35 sinks Amsterdam of 8670 tons (E Tunisia)
P35 sinks tug Pronto of 182 tons (Khoms)
26 Oct Taku sinks Arca of 2240 tons (Aegean)
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