Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A cikin watan Satumba na 9-11 Satumba, Birtaniyya ta kaddamar da hare-haren sama da dama a kan Messina, kuma "Gorizia" ta ba da gudummawar batir dinta na anti-aircraft don kare tashar jiragen ruwa. Daga baya a cikin watan, Birtaniyya ta aika da wani jerin gwano don karfafa Malta mai suna Operation Halberd; Jirgin ruwan Italiya ya tashi a ranar 26 ga Satumba don ƙoƙarin tsayar da shi, amma ya katse aikin bayan gano ƙarfin sojojin Birtaniya. A ranar 29 ga Satumba, bayan dawowa daga yunkurin da aka yi na katse Operation Halberd, "Gorizia" an tura shi don yin aiki daga La Maddalena, kodayake ta koma Messina a ranar 10 ga Oktoba. Wani harin jirgin sama na Allied a kan tashar jiragen ruwa a ranar 21 ga Nuwamba ya haifar da mummunar lalacewar "Gorizia" daga fashewar bam, ko da yake ya fita a wannan rana don ya jagoranci wani jirgi zuwa Arewacin Afirka. A ranar 16 da 17 ga Disamba, yayin da yake kan wani aikin rakiyar jirgi, ta shiga cikin
Yaƙin farko na Sirte a kan sojojin Birtaniya masu haske da masu hallaka.