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1
On arrival the cruiser Cleopatra acted for a while as depot ship.
Later the submarine crews were accommodated in a transit camp
ashore and in local hotels.
2. She intended to fire three torpedoes but the fourth was fired
due to a drill error.
3. Details of this attack were lost with the submarine.
4. Another enemy account says Pegaso sank her after making two
unsuccessful attacks on a tanker, but this is unlikely.
5. The new U-class had a 3” gun as fitted in the first three
boats of the U-class. This was a superior weapon to the 12pdr
on an AA mounting as fitted in the next 22 boats.
6. There is a difference of opinion on how P42
came to be in an intercepting position off the Lipari Islands
when she had definite orders to patrol off Cape Milazzo. Admiral
Simpson states in ‘Periscope View’ that he gave P42
orders to withdraw from Cape Milazzo if he met stiff opposition
there, which he did. Alastair Mars says in
‘Unbroken’
that he moved as he considered it was a better place to intercept
the Italian cruisers.
6a. In the final stages of the passage of the ‘Pedestal’
convoy, the patrol line off Pantellaria was ordered to surface
and show themselves as a deterrent. There is no indication that
this unusual tactic had any effect, as the Italian cruisers had
already been ordered north of Sicily
to transit the Straits of Messina.
7. These were either CCR or Duplex pistols, the salvo consisting
of a mixture of both types.
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8.
An enemy source says she sank two ships totalling 10,623 tons
on 16th August.
9. One of 8325 tons shared with the RAF.
10. This was a Sunderland flying boat. Talisman
dived on sighting it but did not fire a recognition flare.
11. Running stores to Malta, Clyde
from Gibraltar, Porpoise
from Port Said and Rorqual
from Beirut. Passage and running stores to Malta from Gibraltar
Parthian.
Passage home to refit, Proteus
and P34.
12. Maximum diving depth was 300 feet.
13. In her Adriatic patrol P211
had made use of dummy periscopes devised by Captain(S) Ten to
confuse the enemy. She spread four of these throughout the Adriatic.
14. It took three and a half hours and some manhandling to persuade
the two agents to land in accordance with their orders.
15. Two of these were shared with aircraft.
16. One shared with aircraft.
17. It is often very difficult to reconcile such figures. Sometimes
they relate only to ships carrying cargo to North Africa and sometimes
to all ships in the Mediterranean. Sometimes they refer to the
number of ships and sometimes to the tonnage. Sometimes they refer
to Italian ships, sometimes to German and sometimes to both. French
or Yugoslav ships are liable to be omitted.
18. At the Italian Armistice a year later, they had some 700,000
tons of shipping remaining.
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