Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Daga ranar 4 ga Maris, jerin jerin jiragen ruwa sun tashi daga Alexandria zuwa Piraeus a cikin kwanaki 3 na yau da kullun, tare da rakiyar jiragen ruwa na Royal Navy da Royal Australian Navy. Ko da yake akwai hare-haren sama, waɗannan ba su da tasiri sosai. Tun daga watan Janairu, lokacin da jiragen ruwa na Italiyanci "Lupo" da "Libra" suka kai hari ga jirgin ruwa na AN 14 a bakin tekun Suda kuma suka kashe babban tanki "Desmoulea" har zuwa karshen yakin, jiragen ruwa na Allied sun yi amfani da shi don kauce wa shiga cikin Tekun Aegean ta hanyar Kaso strait kuma ya zabi strait na Antikithera a maimakon haka, wanda yake yammacin Crete. Jirgin ruwan Italiya ya yi babban ƙoƙari a ƙarshen Maris don rushe waɗannan jiragen ruwa a kudancin tsibirin, amma ya ƙare a cikin
Rashin nasara mai ban mamaki a Cape Matapan.