Nummer: 22414


Area : Mediterranean
Sea area : Greece / Egean Sea
Date of attack : 29.11.1940
Time of attack : 23:20
Nationality of U-boat : Italian
U-boat : DELFINO
Commander : Avogadro di Cerrione
Grid : 12sm E Kalogeri
presumed target type : Destroyer
presumed tonnage : 1329 ts
presumed result : sunk
Number of torpedoes/mines : 2
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Date of observation : 29.11.1940
Time of observation : 23:30
Nationality of target : Greek
Actual type of target : Destroyer
Name of target : Spetsai
Year of launch : 1932
Actual tonnage : 1389 ts
Actual result : target visibly missed
Position of target : 38.12n 25.04e
Footnote : "Delfino" attacked two Greek destroyers, "Spetsai" and "Vassilis Georgios", and assumed the first one sunk, but there was no loss. Destroyer "Psara" was sunk on Apr.20th, 1941 by aircraft. "Spetsai" answered the attack with depth charges, but they failed to explode.


updated on: 15.07.2014
Remark: TZ, ZEIT2, POS2, ANM
Changes: 1) ASS ed. 1968: Psara sunk
2) ASS ed. 1983/1998: [Spetsai] --
3) warsailors 14/15.07.2014: Spetsai /