Italian submarines in World War Two
Italian Commanders
Girolamo Acunto
| Born | 18 Jan 1909 | Palermo | |
| Died | 28 Sep 1941 | (32) | Killed in action |
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Career information
FISALIA (T.V. C.O.): from 13.01.1940 to 28.09.1941 (sunk, Acunto was killed).Promoted to C.C. on 31.12.1940.
Commands listed for Girolamo Acunto
| Submarine | Type | Rank | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fisalia (FS) | Coastal / Sea going | T.V. | 13 Jan 1940 | 28 Sep 1941 |
Ships hit by Girolamo Acunto
No ships hit by this Commander.War patrols listed for Girolamo Acunto
| Submarine | Date | Time | Port | Arr. date | Arr. time | Arr. port | Miles | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Fisalia (FS) | 9 Jun 1940 | 0312 | Tobruk | 15 Jun 1940 | 1558 | Tobruk | 757 | Sailed with Argonauta and patrolled 100 miles NW of Alexandria, in 32°25'N, 28°40'E. 32°29'N, 28°32'E to form a patrol line with Argonauta, Nereide and Naiade. Both submarines conducting distance measuring tests. Fisalia had a leaking attack periscope which had to be replaced upon her return to base. | |
| 11 Jun 1940 | 0710 | 32° 10'N, 28° 00'E (0) Approximately. | At 0710 hours, an enemy destroyer was sighted at a distance of 8,000 metres. She was probably one of the 2nd Flotilla sweeping the area. | |||||||
| 15 Jun 1940 | 1300+ | (0) 5 miles from Point C (entrance of Tobruk). | At 1300 hours, a torpedo track was observed and missed Fisalia 150 metres astern. This was probably a porpoise as there were no other submarines on the area. | |||||||
| 2. | Fisalia (FS) | 12 Jul 1940 | 0600 | Tobruk | 13 Jul 1940 | 0800 | Tobruk | 63 | Sailed for patrol off Sollum in 32°20'N, 25°20'E. Damaged by A/S craft and had to abort her mission. | |
| 12 Jul 1940 | 1427-1550 | 32° 09'N, 24° 23'E | From 1427 hours to 1550 hours, Fisalia was hunted by an A/S craft and heard 40 depth charges. She escaped by going down to 80-90 meters, but was damaged and had to abort her mission. | |||||||
| 13 Jul 1940 | 2130+ | (0) At Tobruk. | At about 2130 hours, Fisalia was at anchor in Tobruk, when there was another air raid. She was near-missed by three bombs and dived. A fourth bomb exploded near her and when she surfaced at 0300 hours on the 14th, fourteen holes from bomb fragments were found in her hull. | |||||||
| Fisalia (FS) | 1 Aug 1940 | 1905 | Tobruk | 7 Aug 1940 | 1330 | Taranto | 658,9 | Passage Tobruk-Taranto for repairs, via coastal route till Ras Aamer then direct to Santa Maria di Leuca. Uneventful. | ||
| Fisalia (FS) | 11 Aug 1940 | 2125 | Taranto | 14 Aug 1940 | 1015 | Pola | 527,1 | Passage Taranto-Pola. | ||
| Fisalia (FS) | 16 Aug 1940 | 0730 | Pola | 16 Aug 1940 | 1500 | Monfalcone | 70,2 | Passage Pola-Monfalcone with Galatea. | ||
| Fisalia (FS) | 4 Oct 1940 | 1410 | Monfalcone | 4 Oct 1940 | 1850 | Monfalcone | 9 | Diving trials with the submarines Galatea and Adua, escorted by the tug Morrhua. | ||
| Fisalia (FS) | 8 Oct 1940 | 1050 | Monfalcone | 8 Oct 1940 | 1815 | Pola | 74,2 | Passage Monfalcone-Pola. | ||
| Fisalia (FS) | 11 Oct 1940 | 0744 | Pola | 11 Oct 1940 | 1450 | Fiume | 59 | Passage Pola-Fiume. | ||
| Fisalia (FS) | 14 Oct 1940 | 0735 | Fiume | 14 Oct 1940 | 1715 | Pola | 67 | Passage Fiume-Pola. | ||
| Fisalia (FS) | 21 Oct 1940 | 0805 | Pola | 21 Oct 1940 | 1805 | Pola | 49,2 | Exercises. | ||
| Fisalia (FS) | 25 Oct 1940 | 0808 | Pola | 25 Oct 1940 | 1740 | Pola | 60,7 | Exercises. | ||
| Fisalia (FS) | 29 Oct 1940 | 0800 | Pola | 29 Oct 1940 | 1700 | Pola | 55,6 | Exercises. | ||
| Fisalia (FS) | 31 Oct 1940 | 0800 | Pola | 31 Oct 1940 | 1730 | Pola | 66,5 | Exercises. | ||
| Fisalia (FS) | 5 Nov 1940 | 0805 | Pola | 5 Nov 1940 | 1650 | Pola | 18 | Exercises. | ||
| Fisalia (FS) | 7 Nov 1940 | Pola | 7 Nov 1940 | Pola | 44 | Exercises. | ||||
| Fisalia (FS) | 9 Nov 1940 | Pola | 9 Nov 1940 | Pola | 18 | Exercises. | ||||
| Fisalia (FS) | 11 Nov 1940 | Pola | 11 Nov 1940 | Pola | 21 | Exercises. | ||||
| Fisalia (FS) | 23 Nov 1940 | Pola | 23 Nov 1940 | Pola | Sailed with Adua, escorted by the auxilairy San Giorgio and the tug Tenace, for torpedo firing exercises with the torpedo boat Audace. | |||||
| Fisalia (FS) | 26 Nov 1940 | 0830 | Pola | 26 Nov 1940 | Pola | Exercises. | ||||
| Fisalia (FS) | 28 Nov 1940 | Pola | 28 Nov 1940 | Pola | Sailed with the submarine Adua, escorted by the auxiliary San Giorgio and the tug Tenace, for torpedo firing exercises with the torpedo boat Audace. | |||||
| Fisalia (FS) | 3 Dec 1940 | Pola | 3 Dec 1940 | Pola | 44 | Exercises. | ||||
| Fisalia (FS) | 7 Dec 1940 | Pola | 7 Dec 1940 | Pola | 46 | Exercises. | ||||
| Fisalia (FS) | 10 Dec 1940 | 0817 | Pola | 10 Dec 1940 | 1700 | Pola | 50 | Exercises, escorted by the tug Tenace. | ||
| Fisalia (FS) | 12 Dec 1940 | Pola | 12 Dec 1940 | Pola | 62 | Exercises. | ||||
| Fisalia (FS) | 14 Dec 1940 | Pola | 14 Dec 1940 | Pola | 110 | Exercises. | ||||
| Fisalia (FS) | 16 Dec 1940 | Pola | 16 Dec 1940 | Pola | 60 | Attack exercises with the torpedo boat Audace, escorted by the auxiliary Cigliola. | ||||
| Fisalia (FS) | 19 Dec 1940 | Pola | 19 Dec 1940 | Pola | 71 | Exercises. | ||||
| Fisalia (FS) | 21 Dec 1940 | 1600 | Pola | 22 Dec 1940 | 0155 | Pola | Exercises, escorted by the auxiliary Laurana. | |||
| Fisalia (FS) | 24 Dec 1940 | 0840 | Pola | 24 Dec 1940 | 1830 | Pola | Exercises with the submarine Adua, escorted by torpedo boat Audace. | |||
| Fisalia (FS) | 3 Jan 1941 | 0816 | Pola | 3 Jan 1941 | 1650 | Pola | 64,9 | Exercises. | ||
| Fisalia (FS) | 4 Jan 1941 | 0800 | Pola | 4 Jan 1941 | 1814 | Pola | 77,5 | Exercises. | ||
| Fisalia (FS) | 7 Jan 1941 | 1050 | Pola | 8 Jan 1941 | 0200 | Pola | 92 | Gunfire exercises with the submarines Bragadino, Des Geneys and Adua, escorted by the auxiliary Laurana. | ||
| Fisalia (FS) | 9 Jan 1941 | 0800 | Pola | 9 Jan 1941 | 1750 | Pola | 96,2 | Exercises with the submarine chaser Laurana. | ||
| Fisalia (FS) | 13 Jan 1941 | 0800 | Pola | 13 Jan 1941 | 1730 | Leme Channel | 61,1 | Passage Pola-Leme Channel with the submarines Fieramosca, Adua and Pisani, escorted by the torpedo boat Audace and auxiliaries San Giorgio and Volta]. Exercised on the way. | ||
| Fisalia (FS) | 14 Jan 1941 | 0800 | Leme Channel (Rovigno) | 15 Jan 1941 | 1200 | Pola | 124,1 | Exercises with the torpedo boat Audace and the submarines Pisani, Fieramosca and Adua. | ||
| Fisalia (FS) | 20 Jan 1941 | 0805 | Pola | 21 Jan 1941 | 0140 | Pola | 98,6 | Exercises with the submarine Des Geneys escorted by the auxiliary San Giorgio. | ||
| Fisalia (FS) | 28 Jan 1941 | 0900 | Pola | 28 Jan 1941 | 1805 | Pola | 66,4 | Sailed with the submarines Bragadino and Adua, escorted by the auxiliaries San Giorgio and Jadera, for torpedo firing exercises with the sloop Diana. | ||
| Fisalia (FS) | 29 Jan 1941 | 0820 | Pola | 29 Jan 1941 | 1725 | Pola | 65,4 | Exercises, escorted by the auxiliary Jadera. | ||
| Fisalia (FS) | 31 Jan 1941 | 0815 | Pola | 31 Jan 1941 | 1725 | Pola | 73,1 | Attack exercises on the torpedo boat Audace, escorted by the auxiliaries Jadera and San Giorgio. | ||
| Fisalia (FS) | 1 Feb 1941 | 0847 | Pola | 1 Feb 1941 | 1700 | Pola | 8,2 | Exercises. | ||
| Fisalia (FS) | 3 Feb 1941 | 0845 | Pola | 3 Feb 1941 | 1926 | Pola | 60,6 | Sailed with the submarine Pisani, escorted by San Giorgio, for exercises with the torpedo boat Audace. | ||
| Fisalia (FS) | 5 Feb 1941 | 0831 | Pola | 5 Feb 1941 | 1650 | Pola | 74,2 | Exercises with the submarine Adua, escorted by the auxiliary Jadera. | ||
| Fisalia (FS) | 7 Feb 1941 | 0824 | Pola | 7 Feb 1941 | 1850 | Pola | 79,7 | Exercises. | ||
| Fisalia (FS) | 16 Feb 1941 | 0930 | Pola | 16 Feb 1941 | 1720 | Pola | 78,3 | Sailed with the submarines Adua and Bragadino, escorted by the auxiliaries Laurana and Jadera, for torpedo firing exercises with the torpedo boat Audace. | ||
| Fisalia (FS) | 19 Feb 1941 | 0820 | Pola | 19 Feb 1941 | 1245 | Pola | 48,8 | Exercises with the submarine Adua, escorted by the auxiliaries San Giorgio and Jadera and the torpedo boat Audace. | ||
| 19 Feb 1941 | (0) Off Pola. | While exercising with the submarine Adua and the torpedo-boat Audace, Fisalia detected a suspected submarine. This was confirmed by Adua. Audace remained behind to hunt for the submarine. No allied submarine operated in the area. | ||||||||
| Fisalia (FS) | 21 Feb 1941 | 0912 | Pola | 21 Feb 1941 | 1720 | Pola | 70,2 | Exercises with the submarine Adua, escorted by the auxiliary San Giorgio. | ||
| Fisalia (FS) | 22 Feb 1941 | 0850 | Pola | 22 Feb 1941 | 1750 | Pola | 66,5 | Sailed with the submarine Adua escorted by the auxiliaries San Giorgio and Jadera for torpedo firing exercises with the torpedo boat Audace. | ||
| Fisalia (FS) | 24 Feb 1941 | 0822 | Pola | 24 Feb 1941 | 1830 | Pola | 71,5 | Sailed with the submarines Adua and Pisani escorted by the auxiliaries San Giorgio and Jadera for torpedo firing exercises with the torpedo boat Audace. | ||
| Fisalia (FS) | 25 Feb 1941 | 1110 | Pola | 25 Feb 1941 | 1700 | Pola | 53,2 | Attack exercises with the submarine Adua on the light cruiser Bari, escorted by the auxiliary Laurana. | ||
| Fisalia (FS) | 27 Feb 1941 | 0835 | Pola | 27 Feb 1941 | 1734 | Pola | 73,3 | Exercises. | ||
| Fisalia (FS) | 1 Mar 1941 | 0835 | Pola | 1 Mar 1941 | 1710 | Pola | 61 | Exercises with the submarines Toti, Bragadino and Adua, escorted by the torpedo boat Audace and the auxiliary Jadera. | ||
| Fisalia (FS) | 2 Mar 1941 | 1805 | Pola | 3 Mar 1941 | 0145 | Pola | 61 | Exercises. | ||
| Fisalia (FS) | 7 Mar 1941 | 0820 | Pola | 7 Mar 1941 | 1825 | Pola | 63,2 | Exercises, escorted by the torpedo boat Audace. | ||
| Fisalia (FS) | 10 Mar 1941 | 0442 | Pola | 11 Mar 1941 | 1445 | Brindisi | 350 | Passage Pola-Brindisi. | ||
| 10 Mar 1941 | 2305-0223 | (0) Off Pelagosa. | At 2305 hours, a vessel was sighted at 2,000 metres and failed to properly answer the recognition signals. She was ordered to stop and bring her papers. This was the Città Di Bergamo (2,154 GRT, built 1914) on passage from Trieste to Barletta and Bari. | |||||||
| 3. | Fisalia (FS) | 15 Mar 1941 | 1500 | Brindisi | 26 Mar 1941 | 1410 | Brindisi | 783,1 | Patrolled within 10 miles from 39°10'N, 19°20'E, off Island of Paxo (south of Strait of Otranto). Uneventful. Heard only H.E. and distant explosions. | |
| Fisalia (FS) | 5 Apr 1941 | 1030 | Brindisi | 5 Apr 1941 | 1430 | Brindisi | 22 | Exercises. | ||
| 4. | Fisalia (FS) | 16 Apr 1941 | 1300 | Brindisi | 4 May 1941 | 1430 | Leros | 1472,8 | Patrolled off Cyrenaica within 20 miles from 33°40'N, 25°20'E on a 35°-215 axis. Uneventful. Heard only H.E. | |
| 5. | Fisalia (FS) | 14 May 1941 | 2140 | Leros | 31 May 1941 | 1220 | Taranto | 1621,4 | Patrolled west of Cerigotto Channel and off Cape Spada (Crete) in 35°36'N, 23°03'E. Then refit up to 13th August 1941. | |
| 22 May 1941 | 1520-1540 | (0) West of Cerigotto Channel. | From 1520 to 1540 hours, hydrophone effects were heard followed by depth charges. Fisalia's periscope was slightly damaged, but Admiral Falangola believed that the submarine had not been hunted but had heard depth-charges at a distance. | |||||||
| Fisalia (FS) | 13 Aug 1941 | 0900 | Taranto | 13 Aug 1941 | 1900 | Taranto | 59 | Exercises. | ||
| Fisalia (FS) | 19 Aug 1941 | 0815 | Taranto | 19 Aug 1941 | 1745 | Taranto | 43 | Exercises. | ||
| Fisalia (FS) | 21 Aug 1941 | 1200 | Taranto | 21 Aug 1941 | 1750 | Taranto | 30 | Trials, escorted by the pilot vessel Limbara. | ||
| Fisalia (FS) | 28 Aug 1941 | 0740 | Taranto | 28 Aug 1941 | 1145 | Taranto | 20 | Exercises. | ||
| 6. | Fisalia (FS) | 2 Sep 1941 | 1230 | Taranto | 5 Sep 1941 | 1510 | Taranto | 458 | Sailed for patrol off Alexandria and Port Said, but returned because of defective hydrophones. | |
| 7. | Fisalia (FS) | 10 Sep 1941 | 0945 | Taranto | 14 Sep 1941 | 0835 | Leros | 674 | Passage Taranto-Leros via Cerigotto Channel via (1) Point 328° - Agria Light (Crete)- 10', (2) Point 29° from Cape Maleka (Crete) (3) 158° - Makra - 11'. Uneventful. | |
| 8. | Fisalia (FS) | 23 Sep 1941 | 0745 | Leros | 28 Sep 1941 | 2200 | Sunk (with all hands) | Sailed for patrol off the Palestinian coast (until 5th October 1941), between 32°00'N and 33°00'N, and between 34°00'E and the Palestinian coast. Sunk off Jaffa by HM corvette HMS Hyacinth in 32°19'N, 34°17'E. No survivors, five officers and forty-one ratings missing. | ||
| 28 Sep 1941 | 2200 (e) | At 2200 hours, the corvette HMS Hyacinth attacked an ASDIC contact with depth charges. At the time, the assessment was made as "Slightly damaged". Later, this was revised as "sunk" when it was learnt that Fisalia had been lost in the area. There were no survivors, C.C. Girolamo Acunto, four officers and forty-one ratings perished. | ||||||||
67 entries. 65 total patrol entries (8 marked as war patrols) and 8 events.