Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukuwirirana nemitemo yeNevers Agreement yakasainwa pakati peGermany yeNazi neHurumende yeVichy musi wa27/28 August 1942 ngarava dzose dzokutengesa dzokumwe dzaiva muchengeti weFrance dzaifanira kuendeswa kuGermany. Musi wa23 Gumiguru 1942 "Saint Marin" yakadzoserwa kune vaimbova varidzi vayo vechiGiriki pasi pezita rayo rekutanga uye panguva imwechete yakaendeswa kuItaly ndokuiswa pasi pekutonga kweSocietà Anonima di Navigazione Italia pasi pezita rekuti "Catania". Musi wa12 Mbudzi 1942 chikepe chakakumbirwa neRegia Marina uye chakaramba chiri mubasa ravo kusvika musi wa3 Kurume 1943 apo charter yechikepe yakabviswa. Ngarava yacho yakazobhadharwa neRegio Esercito uye yakaramba iri pasi pekutonga kwavo kusvikira pakuguma kwebasa rake. Pana 4 August 1943 akakuvadzwa zvikuru mukati meAllied air raid
pamusoro peNaples. Akakuvadzwazve panguva imwe kurwisa ndege musi 8 September 1943, uye akanga pakupedzisira scuttled ne vaidzokera mauto German musi 15 September 1943 mazuva mashomanana asati asvika Allies muna Naples. Pashure pokuguma kweHondo Yenyika II ngarava yacho yakasimudzwa uye Italy yakabvumirwa kubvisa zvimedu zvayo muna 1949.