Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi wa9 Kukadzi 1941, Iachino akatungamira ngarava dzeItaly mukutevera zvisina kubudirira kweBritish Force H, mushure mekunge yekupedzisira yarwisa Genoa neLa Spezia. Akarayirazve ngarava dzehondo dzeItaly mu
Hondo yeCape Matapan (26-29 Kurume 1941), iyo yakaguma nekukundwa kukuru kwakambotambudzwa neRegia Marina; achiramba mishumo yezvikepe zvehondo zveBritain zviri pedyo zvisina kururama kana kuwedzeredza, akatumira iyo yose 1st Cruiser Division kunonunura ngarava yakarohwa "Pola", zvichikonzera kuparadzwa kweDhipatimendi rose nevatatu vehondo yeMediterranean Fleet yaAdmiral Andrew Browne Cunningham. Zviito zvake mukati mehondo iyi zvave zvichinyanya kutsoropodzwa kubvira ipapo; zvisinei neizvi, Iachino haana kubviswa pakuva mutungamiri.