There is a distinct thread for this in the Italian War forum, however I am interested specifically in the naval landings at the beginning. Is there a way to trace which regiments were aboard which ships, and where they landed?
Kitty I had a look at the 49th Light Ack Ack Regimental Diaries for July 1943 and although they report the activities there is no mention of names of the ships involved. My own particular Battery was 84 Bty. Regimental Diaries: On the 24th RHQ and 90 Bty moved to the transit area. 84 Bty disembarked north of Avola, Sicily and moved to the div cone area. That evening the guns were in action covering the Bde Gp. On the 26th RHQ embarked and 280 Bty moved to the transit area. On the 27th 280 Bty embarked at Sousse. On the 28th RHQ disembarked north of Avola and moved to the assembly area. Vehicles were de-waterproofed and then RHQ moved to 78 Div cone area north of Mineo. 280 Bty disembarked north of Avola on the 29th and moved to the cone area on the 30th. Note that it took five days to bring over the whole regiment from North Africa
I'm afraid you'll have some reading to do but there's a fair bit of info that you require here: HyperWar: Naval Forces, Northwest African Waters and the Eighth Fleet (Sicily/HUSKY)
Unsure. The surviving crew members can't really remember or weren't there and her log books were destroyed. Would just be nice to know what she did there. She certainly took troops in for the Lofoten Island raids.