Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Ngarava dzose ina dzakashanda pamwe chete nezvikepe zvikuru munguva yepakati pehondo, apo dzainyanya kubatikana nokurovedza uye kuongorora zvikepe. Munguva yeHondo Yenyika yeSpain, "Gorizia" yakabvisa vagari veItaly uye "Pola" yakabatanidzwa mumapurisa asina kupindira. Zvose zvina zvakatsigira kurwisa kweItaly kweAlbania muna April 1939, nguva pfupi Hondo Yenyika II isati yatanga. Pashure pokunge Italy yapinda mukurwisana kukuru muna 1940, ngarava ina dzakaona chiito chakakura muGungwa reMediterranean kurwisana nemauto eBritain. Ngarava dzacho dzakatora rutivi muhondo dzeCalabria uye
Cape Matapan, uye mukurwisana kwokupedzisira, "Zara", "Pola", uye "Fiume" vose vakanyudzwa muchiito cheusiku chimwe chete nemidziyo yehondo yeBritain mitatu.