Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Nuwamba na 1940, rundunar sojan ruwa ta Italiya tana da jiragen ruwa guda shida da jiragen ruwa masu yawa a babban sansaninsa a Taranto, Italiya. HMS "Eagle" ya lalace sosai a cikin ayyukan da aka yi kwanan nan don shiga cikin wani hari a Taranto
, amma HMS "Illustrious" kwanan nan ya isa cikin Bahar Rum. An tsare ta da jiragen ruwa hudu da masu hallaka hudu. Hotunan tashar jiragen ruwa da ba su da zurfi da jiragen sama masu bincike suka dauka daga Malta suka tashi zuwa "Illustrious" da kuma takamaiman manufofin yakin da aka gano. A wannan rana, raƙuman ruwa biyu na Fairey Swordfish, daban-daban dauke da bama-bamai, torpedoes, da flares, an kaddamar da su daga "Illustrious" kuma suka tashi mil 170 zuwa Taranto. A ƙarshe, jimillar kimanin jiragen sama 21, goma sha ɗaya tare da torpedoes, sun kewaya ta hanyar bala'in balloon kuma sun guje wa wuta na anti-aircraft don nutsewa uku da kuma lalata wani jirgin ruwa. Kudin da aka kashe wa 'yan Birtaniya shi ne jiragen sama biyu da aka kashe da kuma matukan jirgin da aka kashe. Yawancin jiragen ruwa na Italiya sun lalace sai dai wasu bama-bamai sun kasa fashewa. A kowane hali, rabin manyan jiragen ruwa na Italiya sun zama marasa amfani, wanda ya yi tafiya mai nisa zuwa daidaita daidaiton ikon ruwa a cikin Bahar Rum. Har ila yau, ya nuna damar da ba ta da kyau ga jiragen sama da aka kaddamar da su.