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by LColombo
Wed Aug 30, 2023 6:57 pm
Forum: Ship Forum
Topic: 1917 collision CAVOUR and CAPRERA (amended)
Replies: 3
Views: 10799

Re: 1917 collision CAVOUR and CAPRERA (amended)

Yes, it was the 1910 Caprera. Several FS ships, being faster than most merchant vessels, were requisitioned as auxiliary cruisers during the First World War (Città di Catania, Città di Siracusa, Città di Palermo, Città di Messina, Città di Sassari...)
by LColombo
Fri Oct 14, 2022 11:08 pm
Forum: Ship Forum
Topic: British tanker mined off Taranto on 7 October 1943
Replies: 2
Views: 4779

British tanker mined off Taranto on 7 October 1943

Hello, on 6 October 1943 the Italian torpedo boat Clio and corvette Urania sailed from Augusta to escort to Taranto a British tanker. This was the first Allied ship to be escorted by Italian vessels as part of the "co-belligerence" after the armistice of Cassibile. On the following day, th...
by LColombo
Mon Mar 30, 2020 7:27 pm
Forum: Ship Forum
Topic: Italian ships in Souda, September 1943
Replies: 4
Views: 10095

Re: Italian ships in Souda, September 1943

Thank you.
by LColombo
Thu Feb 13, 2020 11:26 pm
Forum: Ship Forum
Topic: Italian ships in Souda, September 1943
Replies: 4
Views: 10095

Re: Italian ships in Souda, September 1943

This however adds to the confusion...
by LColombo
Sun Feb 09, 2020 10:23 am
Forum: Ship Forum
Topic: Italian ships in Souda, September 1943
Replies: 4
Views: 10095

Italian ships in Souda, September 1943

The Armistice of Cassibile on 8 September 1943 found the Italian torpedo boats Castelfidardo and Solferino in Souda, Crete, where they were captured by the Germans. Besides them, another three Italian ships were in Souda, according to the USMM book "La Marina dall'8 settembre 1943 alla fine del...
by LColombo
Sun Feb 09, 2020 10:12 am
Forum: Ship Forum
Topic: Wreck of Turbine/TA 14, Salamis
Replies: 2
Views: 8704

Re: Wreck of Turbine/TA 14, Salamis

Thank you.
by LColombo
Tue Jan 21, 2020 10:08 pm
Forum: Ship Forum
Topic: Wreck of Turbine/TA 14, Salamis
Replies: 2
Views: 8704

Wreck of Turbine/TA 14, Salamis

On 15 September 1944 the German torpedo boat TA 14, former Italian destroyer Turbine, was sunk in Salamis by Allied aircraft.

Does anyone know if her wreck was raised/scrapped and, if so, when and by who?
by LColombo
Mon Sep 02, 2019 12:12 pm
Forum: Ship Forum
Topic: "Barry commodore"
Replies: 4
Views: 13050

Re: "Barry commodore"

Ah, so "Barry" refers to the city of Barry. Thank you.
by LColombo
Sun Sep 01, 2019 6:55 pm
Forum: Ship Forum
Topic: "Barry commodore"
Replies: 4
Views: 13050

Re: "Barry commodore"

I found it here on Warsailors, just a few examples: https://www.warsailors.com/convoys/sc16.html "Commodore was in Hartington, Vice Commodore in Swinburne. Barry Commodore in Sirikishna." https://www.warsailors.com/convoys/hx97.html "Commodore was in City of Bedford, Vice Commodore in...
by LColombo
Sat Aug 31, 2019 8:58 pm
Forum: Ship Forum
Topic: "Barry commodore"
Replies: 4
Views: 13050

"Barry commodore"

What is, exactly, the meaning of the term "barry commodore" in a convoy?