Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: HMS nke asaa "Glasgow", nke e wuru na Clyde, bụ "Southampton" -class light cruiser, a sub-class of the and commissioned in September 1937. Ọ sonyere n'agha ụgbọelu nke Fleet Air Arm nke merụrụ ụgbọ mmiri ndị Ịtali na
Taranto n'afọ 1940. O nwere ahụmịhe na-adịghị mma nke imebi ụgbọ mmiri abụọ nke Allied n'oge agha ya, otu site na nkwekọrịta na-enweghị isi na nke ọzọ site na egbe egbe mgbe ikpe nke njirimara na-ezighi ezi.