Italian ocean going diesel-electric submarine Reginaldo Giuliani 1939-1943 and German U.I.T. 1943-1944

Brin-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

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Part of Liuzzi-class of which totally 4 four were built preceded by Brin-class. Laid down by Cantieri NavaleTosi, Taranto, Italy on 13 March 1939, launched on 3 December 1939, commissioned on 3 February 1940, converted into a cargo submarine with a cargo capacity of 130-160 ton in early 1943, arrived at Singapore coming from Bordeaux, France on 26 July 1943, seized by the German forces due to the Italian armistice and became the U.I.T. 23, active on shipping line Singapore Singapore-Batavia, Dutch East Indies, torpedoed and sunk by the British submarine HMS Tally-Ho south of Penaning in the Malacca Strait on 14 February 1944 and stricken on 29 February 1947