Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pakupera kwaSeptember, ngarava dzeItaly, kusanganisira "Fiume", dzakavhima ngarava dzehondo dzeBritain dzaibva kuAlexandria dzichienda kuMalta, asi hadzina kukwanisa kuonana nezvikepe zveBritain. "Fiume" akanga aripo muchiteshi chengarava paTaranto apo ngarava dzeBritain dzakatumira ngarava inotakura usiku
Kurwisa Taranto usiku hwaNovember 11-12, asi haana kurwiswa pakurwiswa. Imwe nhamburiko yokudzivisa ngarava dzeBritain mukupera kwaNovember yakaguma neHondo yeCape Spartivento. Ngarava dzeItaly dzakabva pachiteshi chengarava musi wa26 Mbudzi uye dzakasangana nengarava dzeBritain zuva rakatevera racho, mukurwa kwakatora inenge awa. Campioni akarega basa racho nokuti akanga afunga zvisiri izvo kuti akanga ari kutarisana neuto guru, mugumisiro wokusagona kuongorora zvakanaka kubva mudenga. Ngarava huru yeBritain HMS "Berwick" yakarohwa kaviri nemapfuti e203 mm panguva yekurwisana, kana kuti yakapfurwa ne"Fiume" kana kuti hanzvadzi yake "Pola".