The Scirè was a submarine of the Adua class launched in 1938. The vessel was designed for operations in the Mediterranean and thus displaced 700 tons and was 60m long. However it would have been employed not as standard submarine...
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In summer 1940 the Scirè was assigned to the X° M.A.S. flotilla and modified to act as S.L.C. carrier, tasked with launching the human torpedo close to their targets. For this purpose, three metallic cylinders were installed on the submarine deck to contain the S.L.C.s
Under the command of Junio Valerio Borghese, the Scirè participated to the various attacks of the X M.A.S. against allied ships in Gibraltar in 1940 and 1941. However its most famous achievement was the attack against Alexandria in December 1941.
In that occasion,the Scirè approached Alexandria and released 3 human torpedo which penetrated the harbour and disabled for several months the battleships HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Valiant.
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In1942 the Scirè was tasked to release a group of “Gamma men” near Haifa to attack allied ships at anchor in port. Unfortunately the luck of Scirè run out and was spotted by British destroyers which managed to sink it in shallow waters with depth charges
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In November 2002, divers of the Italian Navy deposed a grave stone on the wreck in honour of the fallen sailors of the legendary submarine
