Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan da aka gabatar da shi zuwa na baya a ranar 9 ga Nuwamba, 1936, an nada shi kwamandan sojan ruwa na Dodecanese, tare da hedkwatar Rhodes. A ranar 7 ga Maris, 1938 an daukaka shi zuwa Mataimakin Admiral kuma an ba shi umurnin 1st Cruiser Division, yana shiga cikin
cin nasarar Albania a watan Afrilu na 1939; a 1940 ya zama kwamandan dukkan sojojin ruwa a Sardinia, mukamin da har yanzu yake yi a lokacin da Italiya ta shiga Yaƙin Duniya na II. A watan Oktoba 1940 an nada shi kwamandan sojan ruwa na Albania, tare da hedkwatar a Durres, yana ba da umarnin sojojin ruwa a lokacin Yaƙin Girka-Italiya da mamayewar Yugoslavia. Saboda kwarewar da yake da ita a cikin kula da tashoshin jiragen ruwa na Albania, Benito Mussolini ya yaba masa a hukumance kuma ya ba shi lambar yabo ta Knight's Cross of the Military Order of Savoy.