Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin daren 11 zuwa 12 ga Oktoba, "Ajax" ta tsayar da ƙaramar rundunar Italiya. A cikin aikin dare na kusa (wani lokacin ana kiransa yakin Cape Passero
), biyu, "Airone" da "Ariel", sun nutse kuma mai hallaka ya kashe (daga baya HMS "York" ya nutse). Wasu jiragen ruwa guda biyu sun tsere zuwa cikin wani shingen hayaƙi. "Ajax" kanta ta sami harsashi bakwai wanda ya hallaka daya daga cikin masu kamun kifinta, ya haifar da mummunar lalacewar gadar da kayan aikin radar da kuma raunin mutane 35, ciki har da 13 da aka kashe. Ta koma Alexandria a ranar 16 ga Oktoba.