Faatumu le fuaiupu lenei: I le 1942, na tofia ai le FNS e faatino le
Faatinoga C3, o le fuafuaga e faatoʻilaloina Malta: e tusa ai ma le fuafuaga, e 19 vaʻa felauaiga, 270 vaʻa folau ma tusa ma le limasefulu isi vaʻa, faʻatasi ai ma le tolusefulu o vaʻa faʻaumatia ma vaʻa torpedo, e tatau ona oʻo atu i le aofaʻi o le 62,000 tagata (faʻapea foʻi ma 1,600 taʻavale ma 700 vaega o fana) i le talafatai o le motu. O le Admiral Tur sa tatau ona faʻatonutonu le faʻagaioiga o le laueleele; ina ia mafai ona faʻatinoina le laueleele (35,000 tagata na faʻatulagaina e laueleele i le aso muamua o le osofaʻiga, sosoʻo ai ma le isi 25,000 i aso na sosoʻo ai), na faʻamalosia le FNS ma MZ-ituaiga vaʻa folau, ML-ituaiga afi faʻalauiloa, "bragozzi", afi vaʻa folau ma lago "vaporetti" suia i vaʻa folau, vaʻa nofoaafi faʻaliliuina i vaʻa folau, ma le tele o minelayers. I le afa muamua o le 1942, FNS, taulai atu i Livorno, amata toleniga i le tulaueleele gaoioiga i le talafatai o Tuscany, lea sa i ai se conformation papa e tutusa ma lena o Melita; ae ia Iulai 1942, ona o le vave agai i luma o Axis i le luma o Libya-Aikupito, na tolopoina Faagaioiga C3 ma faalēaogāina.