More about the Submarine Gato-class submarine. On February 23rd, it sighted in position 29° 10’ N, 28° 15’ W the British cargo Sagaing of 7,968 t. which was able to elude the submarine, thanks to superior speed.
Eventually, having exhausted the fuel reserve, the boat began the journey back to base, reaching Bordeaux on the 20th of May.With the general change of theater of operations for the Italian units from the North Atlantic to Gibraltar and the Azores, the Morosini left base on June 28th, 1941 for the middle Atlantic.
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Powered by For Veterans and Serving Submariners of all Nations. On the 11th of March it attacked a tanker launching two torpedoes, but failing both to hit the target and recognize the name of the vessel.Just before sunset of the same day, Captain Fraternale intercepted the British cargo Stangarth of 5,966 t., sinking it in position 22° 45’ N, 57° 40’ W with the torpedo on the early hours of March 12th.
Sinking of Italian submarine "Morosini" LColombo 01/20/2014 07:42PM: Re: Sinking of Italian submarine "Morosini" Platon Alexiades 01/22/2014 09:47PM: Re: Sinking of Italian submarine "Morosini" LColombo 01/23/2014 09:40AM: Re: Sinking of Italian submarine "Morosini" LColombo 01/23/2014 10:24AM Soon after, the boat moved to the newly assigned area of operations, meeting during the transfer, the Italian submarines Baracca and Dandolo, also assigned to the area.On February 7th, at 22:08, the Morosini sighted an isolated man-of-war decisively larger than an escort unit, but, following standing orders, it did not attack. By the end of this mission, with the United States having entered the war, the area of operations suddenly expanded, thus bringing Italian submarines all the way to the American coast.On February 2nd 1942, the Morosini was again at sea, directed to an area northeast of the Island of Guadalupe in the Antilles.
On July 14th, the Morosini located the British cargo Rupert de Larrinaga of 5,358 t. traveling alone, which was sunk with torpedoes. Una cerimonia sobria che ha dato i natali al nuovo PPA della US Navy to commission Super Hornet Block III into serviceThyssenKrupp Marine Systems buys Brazilian Oceana shipyardChina held a keel-laying ceremony on 23 March at the Hudong Zhonghua shipyard in Shanghai for the second of four Type 054A-class frigates on order for the Pakistan Navy (PN). Just off Tangiers, the boat experienced a sudden loss of control, quickly diving to a depth of 130 meters, but without experiencing any damage. Fraternale was transferred and replaced by T.V.
The date of its arrival in Bordeaux is not known, but it probably fell around the end of the month.In August, the Morosini was again assigned to a mission off Gibraltar along with several other submarines.
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Alfredo Criscuolo, the Morosini left Naples the 25th of October, reaching the Strait of Gibraltar five days later, on the 31st. It Aselsan, Turkey’s leading defense company, has signed a new contract regarding the MİLGEM, a national warship program, project.
Eventually, only a small number of submarines were able to conduct an organized hunt for British traffic. Also, by redesigning some of the interior compartments, the number of torpedoes aboard was increased to 16.On March 8th 1942, the Morosini received 21 tons of extra diesel fuel from the Finzi, thus allowing it to extend the days at sea. Loaned to Italy between 1966 and 1975 after which she was returned to the United States Navy. Francesco D’Alessandro.On June 2nd, 1942 the Morosini left Bordeaux for a mission in the Caribbean, specifically northeast of the island of Puerto Rico.
The newsfeed doesn't contain any items. Some of the ballast tanks were turned into additional diesel fuel depots, and the reserve of food and ammunition was also augmented. After the sinking, the Morosini relocated south-west of the original position, intercepting on the night of the 15th, the Dutch motor tanker Oscilla of 6,341 t. which was sunk by three(1) of the five torpedoes launched and a few 100 mm shells.
We do not have additional information regarding this vessel. Athos Fraternale.The third mission began on April 30th and included other submarines: the Bianchi (C.C. On the 15th this ship was attacked, but not sunk, by the Barbarigo, which, despite having hit the merchantman with a torpedo, could not reach it due to a failed diesel engine.
Speaking to a local TV The US government will fund the conversion work of two RMAF’s CN295 transport aircraft into Maritime Patrol Aircraft under its Maritime Security Initiative, and will be carried out under the Foreign Military Sales programme. At 23:00 of the 9th, Betasom sent another message informing the Morosini of the presence of a merchant ship and three German torpedo boats, but the submarine never confirmed receipt. Eventually, the crew heard a powerful explosion and assuming success left the area .
(1) Oscilla was hit by two, not three torpedo's according to the Dutch reports. Giuseppe Vocaturo). Possibly it was sunk at night by a plane equipped with radar, but it has never been confirmed. SEPTEMBER 1942. During this operation, captain Criscuolo received two signals informing him of the presence of enemy traffic, but after patrolling the area, he was only able to locate two small boats full of shipwrecked sailors.