Platon Alexiades Posted July 7, 2020 Report Share Posted July 7, 2020 Hi,The Barletta wreck previously reported to have been HMS Regent has been examined by Italian divers led by Fabio Bisciotti on Sunday 28th June. It has now been identified as the Italian submarine Giovanni Bausan which was converted as the oil depot G.R.S.251 and used as a target by the Allied Air Forces in June 1944.The divers were:Fabio BisciottiAlessandro AulicinoMichele FavaronStefania BellessoRuggero NanulaPasquale BailonPietro AmorusoI expect they will soon publish some photos but the wreck is in a very poor shape.The wreck of HMS Regent is still to be found but the team is determined to look for it and hopefully they will succeed.All the best,Platon Alexiades Francesco De Domenico, Nereo Castelli, sandokan and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Napy Posted July 10, 2020 Report Share Posted July 10, 2020 Platon, very interesting news. Anyway the ex BAUSAN became the pontoon GR 251. The "S" in the end meant that the pontoon was self-propulsed, but as you also stated, the ex BAUSAN was employed simply as oil depot. Marco Hi,The Barletta wreck previously reported to have been HMS Regent has been examined by Italian divers led by Fabio Bisciotti on Sunday 28th June. It has now been identified as the Italian submarine Giovanni Bausan which was converted as the oil depot G.R.S.251 and used as a target by the Allied Air Forces in June 1944.The divers were:Fabio BisciottiAlessandro AulicinoMichele FavaronStefania BellessoRuggero NanulaPasquale BailonPietro AmorusoI expect they will soon publish some photos but the wreck is in a very poor shape.The wreck of HMS Regent is still to be found but the team is determined to look for it and hopefully they will succeed.All the best,Platon Alexiades fabiogiuseppe.bisciotti 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platon Alexiades Posted July 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2020 Thank you Marco for the info. Can anyone provide details of her life as GRS 251? I only have her at Brinsisi in March 1943. She may have been still there at the Armistice but I have no further information except for her being towed to the position off Barletta. Platon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabiogiuseppe.bisciotti Posted November 6, 2021 Report Share Posted November 6, 2021 Il 10/7/2020 at 16:59, Napy ha scritto: Platon, very interesting news. Anyway the ex BAUSAN became the pontoon GR 251. The "S" in the end meant that the pontoon was self-propulsed, but as you also stated, the ex BAUSAN was employed simply as oil depot. Marco grazie per avermi citato, sono il Dr. Fabio Bisciotti e faccio parte del team di ricerca, se vuoi delle informazioni ( mi permetto di darti del TU) non devi fare altro che chiedere, il lavoro è lungo ma sta portando molti frutti. Fabio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platon Alexiades Posted May 14, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2022 Dr Fabio Bisciotti interviewed on TELEBLU on 13th May 2022 (broadcast on the 14th) about the discovery of the wreck of the submarine Giovanni Bausan (originally mistaken for HMS Regent) off Barletta in the Adriatic. https://www.facebook.com/teleblutv/posts/417277997069013 sandokan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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