Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Onye ndu ụgbọ elu, Captain Oliver Patch, Royal Marines, mikpuru "Iride", ebe John Wellham na Lieutenant Neville Cheesman wakporo ụgbọ mmiri abụọ ndị ọzọ. A zọpụtara ndị ọrụ ụgbọ mmiri ole na ole site na nkwado nke ndị ọrụ torpedo mmadụ; ọtụtụ nwụrụ na mmiri ahụ. John Wellham, onye mmanụ ụgbọala ya gwụrụla na onye merụrụ ahụ, laghachiri n'ebe ọ gbakwasịrị ụkwụ n'ọzara, e nyekwara ya ihe nrite bụ́ Distinguished Service Cross. Patch natara Distinguished Service Order, ebe Cheesman, Sub-Lieutenant Frederick Stovin-Bradford na Acting Sub-Lieutenant Gordon Woodley natakwara Distinguished Service Cross, na Petty Officer Alfred Marsh Distinguished Service Medal. Patch na Wellham ga-emecha fega n'ụgbọelu
mwakpo a wakporo ụgbọ mmiri ndị Ịtali n'ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri Taranto.