Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kugadziriswa kwe "Vittorio Veneto" kwakapedzwa munguva yekuti iye abatane ne "Littorio" pakurwiswa kwemakomoni Vigorous uye Harpoon, avo vakanga vabva kuAlexandria neGibraltar kuti vasimbise Malta panguva imwe chete pakati paJune. Kurwisana kwacho kwakanga kwakaganhurirwa kumasimba akareruka anopikisa, uye "Littorio" uye "Vittorio Veneto" havana kuona chiito; vaBritish zvisinei vakagura Operation Vigorous nekuda kwekuvapo kwezvikepe zvehondo uye kurwisa kukuru kwemhepo. Achidzokera kuchiteshi chengarava, "Littorio" yakarohwa nebhomba rakabva kubhomba rinorema reAmerica B-24 Liberator; bhomba racho rakarova shongwe yepamberi yepfuti, kunyange zvazvo rakakuvadza zvishoma. Isati yadzokera kuchiteshi chengarava, imwe ndege yeBritain yeWellington yakarwisa ngarava yacho. Torpedo yacho yakarova murwi waro wokurudyi, kunyange zvazvo rakadzokera kuchiteshi. Kugadziriswa kwakapedzwa uye musi wa12 December, ngarava dzose dzakatamiswa kubva kuTaranto kuenda kuLa Spezia mukupindura ku
Mauto eAllies akadzika muNorth Africa. "Roma" akabatana nechikepe nokukurumidza pashure pokurwiswa kwamakondirakiti maviri, uye akabatana nehanzvadzi dzake nokuda kwekuenda kuLa Spezia. Ikoko, yakatsiva "Littorio" sechikepe chikuru chezvikepe.