of announcement of the Armistice Onice was still in the Ionian Sea. She received orders to proceed to Augusta and surrender to Allies. On September 16, 1943, she left Augusta at sunset along with five other submarines and headed to Malta where she arrived the next day. On October 6, 1943, she left Malta together with several other ships and headed to Naples. There she would serve as an electricity generator for the city for several days. She then moved to Augusta and then to Taranto, where she underwent some repair work. On June 10, 1944, after finishing her repairs, Onice under command of captain Ferdinando Boggetti left Taranto and headed to Gibraltar and from there to Bermuda. On July 16, 1944 Onice arrived in Bermuda where she would serve as a training ship for Allies. Between August 1944 and January 1945 she would participate in more than 50 exercises helping Allied ships to practice their anti-submarine techniques. On January 20, 1945, Onice left Bermuda for New London, then Portland where she participated in 54 more exercises. On May 13, 1945 Onice was moved to Portsmouth for some repair work. She left Portsmouth on September 20, 1945, for Bermuda and from there she sailed all the way back to Italy, arriving in Taranto on November 3, 1945, finally bringing an end to her war career. Under the terms of Paris Peace Treaty, Italy was obligated to demolish all of her submarine fleet. On February 1, 1948 Onice was struck and finally demolished in 1949. Notes References Perla-class submarines World War II submarines of Italy 1936 ships Ships built by OTO Melara Ships built in La Spezia