ScireIsrael,Mediterranean
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Scire
was an Italian Adua class
submarine built for Regia Marina in 1938. After
Italy joined the Axis and the war in June 1940, she
completed a raid against Allied shipping and sunk one
ship. She was thereafter modified to use a new type of
torpedoes, and stood ready for service in September 1940.
Several operations were launched against Gibraltar and
Alexandria without much success. In 1941 she was modified
again and also outfitted with camouflage. In July 1942 she
received orders to sail for Haifa and attack the harbor.
Outside Haifa she was spotted 10. August 1942 by the
British auxuliary trawler HMS Islay who sunk her after a
shot engagement. The wreck was found in 1960 and some
salvaging was done on the wreck site. Artifacts from the
wreck is today exhibited at the Italian Navy museum Marina Militare in La Spezia. The
wreck of Scirè rest today in two parts on a depth of 28 to
32 meter in the bay of Haifa.
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| 33°0′10″N 34°0′12″E ( Source: Military.org )  Picture: RM Scirè in 1938 Courtesy of Minestero della Difesa Last updated: May 2019 |
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