British submarine HMS P 36 attacked Italian cruisers according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 19 February 1942

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An item reported that a British submarine attacked 2 heavy Italian cruisers entering the Straits of Messina and scoring 2 torpedo hits of one of them.(1)

Note

1. The attack was on 16 February, the Italian cruisers were the Gorizia and Trento, the British U-class submarine HMS P36. The cruisers were escorted by the Soldati-class destroyer Carabiniere. Alpino, Fuciliere and Bersagliere. Not the Gorizia was hit but the Carabiniere.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. MR0423. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 71 dated 19 February 1942