Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1942, FNS yakapiwa basa rekuita Operation C3
, kuronga kukunda kweMalta: maererano nechirongwa ichi, ngarava 19 dzekutakura, ngarava 270 dzekutakura uye dzimwe ngarava makumi mashanu, dzichiperekedzwa nevatungamiriri makumi matatu uye ngarava dze torpedo, dzaifanira kuburitsa vanhu vanosvika 62,000 (pamwe nemotokari 1,600 uye 700 zvombo zvepfuti) pamhenderekedzo dzechitsuwa ichi. Admiral Tur ndiye aifanira kutungamirira basa rokumhara; kuitira kuti aite basa rokumhara (varume 35 000 vakarongerwa kumhara pazuva rokutanga rokupinda, vachiteverwa nevamwe 25 000 mumazuva anotevera), FNS yakasimbiswa neMZ-type landing craft, ML-type motor launches, "bragozzi", motokari yemidziyo yemidziyo uye lagoon "vaporetti" yakashandurwa kuva ngarava dzekumhara, njanji dzezvitima dzakashandurwa kuva ngarava dzekumhara, uye dzakawanda minelayers. Muhafu yekutanga ya1942, FNS, yakaiswa muLivorno, yakatanga kudzidziswa mukubhururuka kumahombekombe eTuscany, yaive neyakaumbwa nematombo akafanana neayo eMalta; asi muna Chikunguru 1942, nekuda kwekukurumidza kweAxis kumberi paLibya-Egyptian kumberi, Operation C3 yakamiswa uye ikazobviswa.