In my database I have: UJ-2102 surviving the engagement and reaching the nearby Volos harbor where it was bombed. UJ-2144 sunk near Poseidi beach (South of Salonika) on 6 Ocrober at 2200 by two destroyers probably the usual suspects. The reference to UJ-2101/Strymon is obviously a typo, as it had al...

I can only say, I thank you all (just wonder when then time will come for me to track such sources by myself...) One last thing. I know that Bertha was handed over to the Germans in November 1942 at the port of Marseille and that previously (1939) it had been requisitioned by the French Navy. I can ...

Hi! I am looking information about a convoy that departed from Piraues on 1 October 1944 heading to Salonika, consisting of the merchants Bertha , Zar Ferdinand the torpedo boat TA-18, the UJ-2102,UJ-2144 anf another two aptrol boats. Does anyone what the cargo could be or any other details other th...

According to Platon's book, in mid April 1943, the Instancabile was busy, together with the tug Tennax , in salvaging the oiler Marie Maersk which had been sunk in Piraeus in April 1941. It was during that period (1 April 1943) that Instancabile detected by Katsonis entering Milos bay together with ...

The ships of that convoy were:
DELPHINIUM,  PRIMULA,  SNAPDRAGON,  FAREHAM,  ERIDGE, BEAUFORT,  FIRMAMENT.

They departed from Alexandria on 31/3 at 12:31. No merchants sailed with them.

May I ask what you are after?

It was active in the Aegean. Eg in March 1943 it was sighted by submarine Katsonis at long distance entering Milos together with other two tugs.If I find anything more I will post.

Hello!

Does anyone know whether the ww2 british and italian submarines were equipped with a dead reckoning device such as the US dead reackoning tracer?

Thank you!

Here is the damaged breakwater and the Hellee burning

Maybe one of Geirr H. Haarr's books?

Gentlemen, according to your descriptions we have found out that this was the ship that RHN KATSONIS met on 29th December 1941 in the Gulf of Drin in the Adriatic. The attack had been advancing well, untill minutes before firing when the target zigged towards the submarine and there was no time for ...

That's why I don`t use to trust the listed information! Do you have any ex-name maybe to look for a photo?

Thanks for the info!!!

Google books "World War II Sea War, Vol 10" we read:
21 Spetember 1943: Α mine sunk the Italian steamer PESCARA (1048GRT) at Torre del Greco, Italy.

There is no other reference of this ship in the web. Does anyone have something more about PESCARA maybe?

Thank you!
George

This is TOMKO in 2013 maybe still in service.
https://imgur.com/OpvCddY

It is the 1937 river motorship with auxiliary sailing GESINE which remained in the Aegean after WWII just like this one.
https://imgur.com/eW7BZ0E

It is easy to develop a theory for a war incident when the facts cannot be cross-checked easily even from those who have pure and good intentions because so many of us just read and reproduce as sometimes this is just what we want or maybe some facts are nice to believe! Meanwhile an initial investi...

You are right that initialy they were based on the hydrophones widely. This is the reason why they used to detect their targets when the AoB had beed overshooted. The navies with no submarine experience from the WW1 era, such as the USN, had the same approach to that matter during the early stages o...