Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An kammala gyare-gyare ga "Vittorio Veneto" a lokaci don ta shiga "Littorio" a kan hare-haren da aka yi a kan jiragen ruwa Vigorous da Harpoon, wanda ya bar Alexandria da Gibraltar don ƙarfafa Malta a lokaci guda a tsakiyar Yuni. An yi yaƙi ne kawai ga sojojin da ke adawa da haske, kuma "Littorio" da "Vittorio Veneto" ba su ga aikin ba; Duk da haka, Birtaniya sun dakatar da Operation Vigorous saboda kasancewar jiragen ruwa da hare-haren iska. Yayin da yake dawowa tashar jiragen ruwa, bam din da wani jirgin saman B-24 Liberator mai nauyi na Amurka ya harba "Littorio"; bam din ya buga hasumiyar bindiga ta gaba, kodayake ya yi rauni kadan. Kafin ya koma tashar jiragen ruwa, wani dan Birtaniya mai suna Wellington ya harba jirgin. Torpedo ya buga ta starboard baka, ko da yake ta koma tashar jiragen ruwa. An kammala gyare-gyare kuma a ranar 12 ga watan Disamba, an tura jiragen ruwa biyu daga Taranto zuwa La Spezia don amsawa ga
Ƙungiyar Allied ta sauka a Arewacin Afirka. "Roma" ya shiga cikin jirgi ba da daɗewa ba bayan hare-haren da aka kai wa garuruwan biyu, kuma ya shiga 'yan uwanta mata don zuwa La Spezia. A can, ta maye gurbin "Littorio" a matsayin jirgin ruwa.