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by Platon Alexiades
Mon Jan 03, 2022 6:23 pm
Forum: Ship Forum
Topic: Italian Human Torpedo attack on Alexandria Dec 1941
Replies: 13
Views: 8184

Re: Italian Human Torpedo attack on Alexandria Dec 1941

P.S. please check the uboat.net site from time to time as new sections will be added. A list of most successful Italian submarine commanders has just been added. A list of most successful submarines will follow soon and hopefully a chronology and an overview including statistics.

Platon
by Platon Alexiades
Mon Jan 03, 2022 6:19 pm
Forum: Ship Forum
Topic: Italian Human Torpedo attack on Alexandria Dec 1941
Replies: 13
Views: 8184

Re: Italian Human Torpedo attack on Alexandria Dec 1941

Jordi Comas wrote: Mon Jan 03, 2022 5:21 pm Good work Platon!

Best wishes for this year!
Thank you Jordi, I hope you find the uboat.net pages interesting.

All the best for 2022.

Platon
by Platon Alexiades
Mon Jan 03, 2022 5:02 pm
Forum: Ship Forum
Topic: Italian Human Torpedo attack on Alexandria Dec 1941
Replies: 13
Views: 8184

Re: Italian Human Torpedo attack on Alexandria Dec 1941

Hello Francesco, Thank you fo your kind comments. My text is addressed principally to English readers as the subject of Italian submarine operations is little known outside Italy. I am not sure I can contribute much to Italian readers but I will consider your offer to publish another article for AID...
by Platon Alexiades
Thu Dec 30, 2021 4:23 pm
Forum: Ship Forum
Topic: Italian Human Torpedo attack on Alexandria Dec 1941
Replies: 13
Views: 8184

Re: Italian Human Torpedo attack on Alexandria Dec 1941

Hello Jan-Olof, Many thanks for your good wishes which I reciprocate. Hopefully the year 2022 will see the end of this pandemic! I do not think my book on Italian submarines will ever be printed and I have decided that publishing on the web will be more suitable as it allows for corrections and addi...
by Platon Alexiades
Wed Dec 29, 2021 12:17 am
Forum: Ship Forum
Topic: Italian Human Torpedo attack on Alexandria Dec 1941
Replies: 13
Views: 8184

Re: Italian Human Torpedo attack on Alexandria Dec 1941

Hi Darius,

Thank you for your kind words. I may perhaps have another article. I suspect that the Italian submarine Section will keep me busy as updates and corrections are inevitable.

All the best for the New Year,

Platon
by Platon Alexiades
Mon Dec 27, 2021 11:44 pm
Forum: Ship Forum
Topic: Italian Human Torpedo attack on Alexandria Dec 1941
Replies: 13
Views: 8184

Italian Human Torpedo attack on Alexandria Dec 1941

To mark the 80th Anniversary of this famous attack, the magazine Rivista Marittima is publishing an article of which I am co-author with Commander Rizza of the Italian Navy (former Head of the Italian Naval Archives Section). It is titled "Storia di una Baleniera" (story of a whaling ship)...
by Platon Alexiades
Fri Dec 24, 2021 7:45 pm
Forum: Ship Forum
Topic: Arctic Convoys Survivor?
Replies: 3
Views: 3948

Season Greetings

To all members of this forum:

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Looking forward for a time free of virus!

Platon
by Platon Alexiades
Sun Nov 14, 2021 6:25 pm
Forum: Ship Forum
Topic: Wreck of Italian submarine Jantina found
Replies: 1
Views: 2957

Wreck of Italian submarine Jantina found

Today, it was announced that the wreck of the submarine Jantina , sunk near Mykonos by HMS Torbay in July 1941, has been found by Kostas Thoctarides (he had previously located HMS Perseus and RHS Katsonis ). https://www.facebook.com/groups/849054291879994 Congrats to all involved! Platon
by Platon Alexiades
Mon Nov 01, 2021 12:53 pm
Forum: Ship Forum
Topic: Swedish RUDOLF, lost December 1939
Replies: 6
Views: 5556

Re: Swedish RUDOLF, lost December 1939

Hello David and Jan-Olof,

The first target was indeed Eskdene, sorry. Thank you Jan-Olof for the correction.

Best regards,

Platon
by Platon Alexiades
Sun Oct 31, 2021 7:19 pm
Forum: Ship Forum
Topic: Swedish RUDOLF, lost December 1939
Replies: 6
Views: 5556

Re: Swedish RUDOLF, lost December 1939

Hi David, There is no doubt that U-56 sank the Swedish Rudolf . The KTB of the U-boat (T1022/2882, NARA) makes it perfectly clear. One G7e torpedo was fired at 2325/2 December and hit under the funnel after 87 seconds. A second G7e torpedo was fired at 0015/3 December and hit after 52 seconds, 30 me...
by Platon Alexiades
Sat Oct 30, 2021 4:39 pm
Forum: Ship Forum
Topic: Battle of Spartivento
Replies: 16
Views: 13316

Re: Battle of Spartivento

Hi Jordi,

Libeccio sailed from Naples at 1230/26 November 1940, with the destroyers Freccia, Saetta and Dardo (13th Squadron), she was screening the battleships Vittorio Veneto and Giulio Cesare.

Best regards,

Platon
by Platon Alexiades
Sat Oct 16, 2021 9:03 pm
Forum: Ship Forum
Topic: Battle of Spartivento
Replies: 16
Views: 13316

Re: Battle of Spartivento

Very difficult to assess which destroyer was part of which group at a given time. Reports are contradictory. Perhaps we will never know for sure.

Platon
by Platon Alexiades
Sat Oct 16, 2021 2:43 pm
Forum: Ship Forum
Topic: Battle of Spartivento
Replies: 16
Views: 13316

Re: Battle of Spartivento

Hi Jordi, Even "Official" versions have errors... According to the report by Admiral Somerville (ADM199/1049): Force “B" BC Renown, CV Ark Royal, CLs Sheffield, Despatch, DDs Faulknor, Firedrake, Forester, Fury, Wishart, Encounter, Kelvin, Jaguar and Duncan Force "F" CLs Man...
by Platon Alexiades
Tue Oct 12, 2021 4:25 pm
Forum: Ship Forum
Topic: Battle of Spartivento
Replies: 16
Views: 13316

Re: Battle of Spartivento

Hi Jordi, 1) according to my information Vidette , Velox and Wrestler were ordered to Gibraltar after being relieved from convoy escort duty. 2) Carabiniere did not take part in the battle. She was in Messina repairing defects to her boiler tubes and only sailed to Naples on 2 December. Trento saile...
by Platon Alexiades
Mon Oct 11, 2021 3:16 pm
Forum: Ship Forum
Topic: Battle of Spartivento
Replies: 16
Views: 13316

Re: Battle of Spartivento

Hi Jordi, 1) Vidette was ordered back to Gibraltar shortly after crossing the Strait with the convoy. AFAIK she did not take part in the battle. 2) the destroyer Corazziere sailed from Messina at 1130/26 with Lanciere and Ascari screening the heavy cruisers Trieste and Bolzano . During the battle, L...