the damaged ship, Captain Grossi notoriously asserted he had sunk a battleship of the United States Navy. On the following patrol, a similarly unsuccessful launch of torpedoes at the HMS Petunia was reported as the sinking of another battleship. Barbarigo sank two Allied ships and another neutral Spanish freighter Monte Igueldo on its ninth BETASOM patrol. After conversion to a transport submarine, Barbarigo sailed from Bordeaux on 17 June 1943 and was sunk by aircraft in the Bay of Biscay. Emo (pennant number EO) was launched 29 June 1938 and completed on 10 October. After an unsuccessful first war patrol in the Mediterranean, Emo sailed on 29 August 1940 and passed the Strait of Gibraltar for an Atlantic patrol to Bordeaux on 3 October. Emo sank one ship en route to Bordeaux. After unsuccessful patrols from 31 October to 6 November 1940 and from 5 December to 1 January 1941, Emo sank one ship on its third BETASOM patrol. After another unsuccessful BETASOM patrol, Emo sailed from Bordeaux on 20 August and passed the Strait of Gibraltar to return to Naples on 1 September 1941. After spending two months as a training boat at the submarine school in Pula, Emo completed several Mediterranean war patrols before being sunk by the naval trawler HMS Lord Nuffield on 7 November 1942 during the preliminary stages of Operation Torch. Morosini (pennant number MS) was launched 28 July 1938. After unsuccessful war patrols in the Mediterranean, Morosini sailed on 25 October 1940 and passed the Strait of Gibraltar on 31 October for an Atlantic patrol to Bordeaux on 28 November. After unsuccessful patrols from 22 January to 24 February and from 30 April to 20 May 1941, Morosini sank two ships on its third BETASOM patrol. After two more unsuccessful patrols, Morosini sank two ships during Operation Neuland. While returning to France after sinking another ship during a second patrol to the Caribbean Sea, Morosini was lost to unknown causes after 8 August 1942. Comandante Cappellini Cappellini (pennant number CL) was launched 14 May 1939 as the first boat of the "improved Marcello class". After an unsuccessful war patrol in the Mediterranean, Cappellini sailed on 29 September 1940 and passed the Strait of Gibraltar on 5 October for an Atlantic patrol to Bordeaux on 5 November. Cappellini sank one ship en route to Bordeaux and two ships on its first BETASOM patrol. After unsuccessful