WWII Submarines of 2024: Italy


While pretty rare, there are a few examples of Italy’s undersea WWII legacy.  Most are relics of Italian pioneering in the area of undersea special warfare, midget submarines, a groundbreaking and unique form of warfare employed relatively successfully by Italy from the First World War and into the Second. 

Italy

CB-22 (Trieste) - 1943 (Midget Submarine) / Website

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SLC “Maiale” Manned Torpedo (Leonardo da Vinci Museum, Milan) / Website

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SLC “Maiale” Manned Torpedo (Naval History Museum, Venice) / Website

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SLC “Maiale” Manned Torpedo (Museo Sacrario delle Bandiere, Rome) / Website

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SLC “Maiale” Manned Torpedo (Taormina, Sicily) / Website

Croatia

CB-20 (Zagreb) - 1943 (Midget Submarine) / Website

United Kingdom

SSB “Maiale” Manned Torpedo (Imperial War Museum, London) - 1945 / Website

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SSB “Maiale” Manned Torpedo (Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Gosport) - 1945 / Website

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SLC “Maiale” Manned Torpedo (Eden Camp, Malton, North Yorkshire) - 1945 / Website

United States

SSB “Maiale” Manned Torpedo (Groton, Connecticut) - 1945 / Website


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