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Italian submarine ''Alagi'' was an Italian ''Adua''-class submarine serving in the Regia Marina during World War II. She was named after the Amba Alagi mountain in Ethiopia. ''Alagi'' was built in the CRDA shipyard, in Monfalcone. She was laid down on 19 March 1936, launched 15 November of the same year, and commissioned on 6 March 1937. On 8 June 1942, ''Alagi'' torpedoed and sank the Italian destroyer ''Antoniotto Usodimare'' in a friendly fire incident.〔 〕 On July 12, 1942 torpedoed and damaged Turkish tanker ''Antares'' causing her to be beached on Ruad Island off Tripoli, Syria. The tanker was later refloated, towed to Turkey and scrapped. In August 1942 ''Alagi'' operated along the Italian Fleet to intercept and block an Allied convoy to Malta (Operation ''Pedestal''). She succeeded in damaging the Royal Navy cruiser , and sinking the M/V ''Clan Ferguson'' on 12 August. ''Alagi'', a member of the 7th Group - 71st Squadron of the submarine fleet, was still operating on 8 September 1943, when the Allies and Italy signed the armistice. ''Alagi'' arrived in Malta with the Regia Marina fleet. She was sold for scrap on 1 February 1948. == References == (【引用サイトリンク】title=Mediterranean Fleet, Admiralty War Diarys 1942 ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Italian submarine Alagi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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