Kammala wannan jumlar: "Gorizia" ya koma Taranto a ƙarshen Janairu 1941. Ta gudanar da motsa jiki tare da "Zara" a ranar 29 ga Janairu; sai ta tafi La Spezia don kulawa na lokaci-lokaci, wanda ya kasance daga 28 ga Fabrairu zuwa 7 ga Mayu. "Pola" ya dauki ta wuri a 1st Division, da kuma dukan uku daga cikin 'yan'uwa mãtã da aka nitse a cikin
Yaƙin Cape Matapan a ranar 28 ga Maris. Tun lokacin da aka shafe 1st Division a Cape Matapan, "Gorizia" an sake sanya shi zuwa 3rd Division a ranar 8 ga Mayu, tare da biyu s. Jiragen ruwa, da ke Messina, sun fara rakiyar jirage zuwa Arewacin Afirka a wannan watan, wanda na farko ya faru daga 26 zuwa 28 ga Mayu. Wani jerin gwano ya bar Italiya a ranar 25 ga Yuni, tare da "Gorizia",, da kuma rundunar mayakan. Jirgin, wanda ya kunshi jiragen ruwa na transatlantic, ya tashi zuwa Tripoli da baya, ya isa Taranto a ranar 1 ga Yuli. A ranar 23 ga watan Agusta, babban rundunar jiragen ruwa sun tashi don tsayar da sojojin Birtaniya H, ko da yake sun kasa gano abokin hamayyarsu.