Plan, many Italian submarines were deployed in the Tyrrhenian Sea to intercept an anticipated Anglo-American landing in southern Italy. Turchese patrolled in an area between the Gulf of Gaeta and the Gulf of Paola. The following day, following the proclamation of the Armistice, Turchese was instructed to sail to Bona, Algeria to surrender to the Allies. At 21:27 on September 11, however, she was attacked by a German aircraft and hit, sustaining serious damage, so that she had to be towed by a British vessel. She arrived in tow at Bona on September 13, 1943. After doing temporary repairs, she left Bona in the afternoon of September 27, but shortly thereafter her engines stopped working and the submarine had to turn back and arrived at Bona at 7:30 the following day. From there Turchese went to Bizerta and then to Malta, where she arrived on October 6. On November 27, 1943 Turchese left Malta towed by corvette , first coming to Augusta then to Taranto, and finally to Brindisi. Turchese never returned to service and spent the rest of the conflict disarmed in Brindisi. She was struck on February 1, 1948, and subsequently scrapped. Notes References Perla-class submarines World War II submarines of Italy 1936 ships Ships built by Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico Ships built in Monfalcone