Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pashure pokunge Italy yapinda muHondo yeNyika II muna June 1940, "Trento" uye "Trieste" vakaona chiito chakakura mukurwisana nemauto eBritain muGungwa reMediterranean, kusanganisira muhondo dzeCalabria, Cape Spartivento, uye
Cape Matapan muna July naNovember 1940 uye March 1941, zvichiteerana. "Trento" akanga aripo kuCalabria, uko akarwa neBritish cruisers asi haana kukuvadzwa. Muhondo yeCape Spartivento, kana "Trento" kana "Trieste" yakawana hit paBritish cruiser, uye "Trieste" yakakurumidza kubatwa asi haina kukuvadzwa zvakanyanya nehondo yehondo. PaCape Matapan, ngarava mbiri idzi dzakarwisana nedzimwe ngarava dzeBritain dziri kure, pasina kana imwe yadzo yakawana chinhu.