Italian submarines Reginaldo Giulani and Michele Bianchi launched according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad No. 4 dated April 1940

An item referred to the Le Yacht dated January 1940 reporting the launching on 3 December 1939 of the Italian submarines Reginaldo Giulani (1) and Michele Bianchi (2) with a displacement of 1.300 tons.

Notes

1. Part of Liuzzi-class. Laid down by Tosi, Taranto, Italy on 13 March 1939, launched on 3 December 1939, commissioned on 3 February 1940, converted into a cargo submarine between 1942-1943, codename AquilIa I, seized by Germany at Singapore after the Italian surrender on 8 September 1943, renamed UIT-23 and torpedoed and sunk by the British T-class submarine Tally-Ho while bound for France on 18 February 1944.

2. Part of Marconi-class, laid down y CRDA, Monfalcone, Italy on 15 February 1939, launched on 3 December 1939, commissioned on 15 April 1940 and torpedoed and sunk by the British T-class submarine HMS Tigris after leaving Bordeaux, France on 5 July 1941.