Panguva iyo Italy yakapinda muhondo musi wa 10 Chikumi 1940 RAN yakanga iine cruiser imwechete (Sydney) uye vatungamiriri vashanu vakwegura veanonzi 'Scrap Iron Flotilla' kuAlexandria neBritish Mediterranean Fleet. Munguva yemazuva ekutanga ehondo yeMediterranean, Sydney yakanyudza muparadzi weItaly uye Voyager a submarine. Mediterranean Fleet yakaramba ichishanda zvakanyanya, uye musi wa 19 Chikunguru Sydney, neBritish destroyer squadron mukambani, yakapinda maItaly light cruisers Bartolomeo Colleoni naGiovanni Bande dalle Nere muhondo yeCape Spada. Muhondo yakatevera, Bartolomeo Colleoni akanyudzwa.
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