Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: "Gorizia" akadzokera kuTaranto mukupera kwaJanuary 1941. Akaitisa maneuvers ne "Zara" musi wa29 Ndira; akabva aenda kuLa Spezia kunochengetwa nguva nenguva, uko kwakatora kubva musi wa28 Kukadzi kusvika musi wa7 Chivabvu. "Pola" akatora nzvimbo yake muChikamu Chokutanga, uye hanzvadzi dzake dzose nhatu dzakanyudzwa mu
Hondo yeCape Matapan musi wa 28 March. Sezvo Chikamu chekutanga chakanga chaparadzwa paCape Matapan, "Gorizia" yakadzoserwa kuChikamu chechitatu musi wa 8 Chivabvu, pamwe chete nemaviri. Ngarava dzacho, dzaiva muMessina, dzakatanga kuperekedza ngarava dzaienda kuNorth Africa mumwedzi iwoyo, yokutanga yacho yakaitika kubva musi wa26 kusvika 28 May. Imwe konvo yakabva kuItaly musi wa25 Chikumi, ichiperekedzwa ne "Gorizia",, uye squadron yevanoparadza. Ngarava yacho, iyo yaisanganisira ngarava dzakatorwa dzakatorwa dzakatorwa, dzakaenda kuTripoli ndokudzoka, dzichisvika muTaranto musi wa1 July. Musi wa 23 Nyamavhuvhu, main fleet yakaenda kunobata British Force H, kunyange zvazvo vakatadza kuwana muvengi wavo.