Maggiore Baracca

Type:
Submarine
Class:
Builder:
Odero-Terni-Orlando (OTO)
Muggiano, Italy
Pennant Number:
N/A
Ordered:
1938
Launched:
April 21, 1940
Keel Laid:
March 1, 1939
Completed:
July 10, 1940
Fate:
Sunk Sept. 8, 1941 by HMS Croome L-62 (depth charges, gunfire, ramming).

Location: North Atlantic, 282 miles ENE of Sãn Miguel Island, Azores.
(40.15N - 20.55W)

28 crewmen killed, 32 survivors picked up by HMS Croome L-62.
(Roll of Remembrance)


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Commanders
From
To
Name
July 1940
Sept. 1941
Capitano di corvetta Enrico Bertarelli
Sept. 1941
Sept. 8, 1941
Tenente di vascello Giorgio Viani

Combat Victories
Date
Name
Type
Tons
Nationality
Notes
Oct. 1, 1940
Aghios Nicolaos
Cargo
3,687
Greece
a

Nov. 18, 1940

Lilian Moller
Cargo
4,866
U.K.
b
Total:
8,553
Combat notes
a:
Stopped, crew allowed to abandon, sunk with deck gun.
b:
Torpedoed without warning, no survivors.


Notes:
Was based in Bordeaux, France.
Named in honor of Count Francesco Baracca.


Builder's Data
Page published Sept. 9, 2009