Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi wa12 November, "Vittorio Veneto" yakatamiswa kubva kuTaranto kuenda kuNaples semhinduro ku
Kupinda kweAllied muNorth Africa. Ari munzira, ngarava yeBritish yepasi pegungwa yakarwisa pasina kubudirira "Vittorio Veneto". Kurwiswa kwakaitwa chiteshi chengarava neAmerica musi wa4 Zvita kwakakurudzira maItaly kuti adzorere ngarava kuLa Spezia, uko kwakaramba kuripo kwechinguva chakasara chekutora chikamu kweItaly muhondo. Musi wa 5 June 1943, "Vittorio Veneto" yakakuvadzwa zvikuru nehurongwa hweAmerica hwokurwisa ndege paLa Spezia; yakarohwa nemabhomba maviri makuru akananga kumusoro, kunyange zvazvo imwe chete yakaputika. Bhomba iroro rakapfuura nomungarava ndokuputika pasi pechipfuva, richiparira kukuvara kwakakomba kwechimiro. Kukuvadzwa kwacho kwakamanikidzira kuti aendeswe kuGenoa nokuda kwebasa rokugadzira, sezvo nzvimbo yokugadzira ngarava muLa Spezia yakanga yakakuvadzwawo nokurwiswa. Musi wa 3 September, Italy yakasaina chibvumirano chokumisa hondo neAllies, ichigumisa kubatanidzwa kwayo muHondo Yenyika II. Mazuva matanhatu gare gare, "Vittorio Veneto" nemamwe ose engarava yeItaly vakaenda kuMalta, uko vaizopinzwa mutorongo kwasara hondo. Vari munzira, "Luftwaffe" yeGermany (Air Force) yakarwisa ngarava dzeItaly ichishandisa Dornier Do 217 dzakanga dzakapakatirwa mabhomba eFritz X anotungamirirwa neredhiyo. "Vittorio Veneto" haina kukuvadzwa asi "Littorio" - zvino yava kunzi "Italia" - yakarohwa uye yakakuvadzwa uye hanzvadzi yake yakanyura mukurwiswa.