Leading Italian Flutto submarine (Flutto, building number 1281), construction began at the shipyards “Cantieri Riuniti dell’Adriatico” in Monfalcone on December 1, 1941, launched on September 19, 1942, accepted into the Italian Navy on March 20, 1943 of the year. The Second World War in the Mediterranean Sea.
The Flutto submarine was sunk on 11 July 1943 by British torpedo boats MTB 640, MTB 651 and MTB 670 in the Ionian Sea east of Catania (Sicily) at 37 ° 34’N, 15 ° 43’W.
Location: Mediterranean Sea
Time of photo taken: 1943