Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: 3rd Division yakasunga imwe konvo kuenda kuNorth Africa musi wa12<unk>13 March 1941. Mavhiki maviri gare gare, musi wa 27 Kurume, divi - panguva ino raitungamirirwa naRear Admiral Luigi Sansonetti - rakabatanidzwa nemamwe mauto kuti vaende kunoparadza chitsuwa cheKrete. Pana 06:55 musi wa28, IMAM Ro.43 floatplane yakatangwa na "Vittorio Veneto" yakawana chikwata cheBritish cruiser, uye na07:55, "Trento" ne3rd Division vakanga vava mukati mekuona. Maminiti gumi nemanomwe gare gare, ngarava dzehondo dzeItaly dzakavhura moto kubva pamwero we, dzichitanga danho rokutanga rokurwisa.
Hondo yeCape Matapan; mumaminitsi makumi mana akatevera, "Trento" akapfura zvombo 204 zvinoputika zvombo, kunyange zvazvo zvinetso nevatambi vake uye nzvimbo yakakura yechiito chakamudzivisa kubva pakuwana zvibodzwa zvakakosha.