Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Dukkanin jiragen ruwa sun shiga cikin yakin Calabria a watan Yulin 1940, lokacin da "Giulio Cesare" ya lalace kadan. Dukansu sun kasance a lokacin da 'yan bindigar Birtaniya suka kai hari
jirgin ruwa a Taranto a watan Nuwambar 1940, kuma "Conte di Cavour" an torpedoed. Ta kasance a ƙasa tare da yawancin jikinta a ƙarƙashin ruwa kuma ba a kammala gyaranta ba kafin Italiyanci ya mika wuya a watan Satumba na 1943. "Conte di Cavour" an yi watsi da shi a shekara ta 1946. "Giulio Cesare" ya biye da motoci da dama, kuma ya shiga cikin yakin Cape Spartivento a ƙarshen 1940 da kuma yakin farko na Sirte a ƙarshen 1941. An sanya shi a matsayin jirgin horo a farkon 1942, kuma ya tsere zuwa Malta bayan da Italiya ta mika wuya. An tura jirgin zuwa Tarayyar Soviet a 1949 kuma aka sake masa suna "Novorossiysk". Har ila yau, Soviets sun yi amfani da shi don horo har sai da aka nutsar da shi lokacin da wani mine ya fashe a shekara ta 1955. An cire shi a shekarar 1957.