 Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: MuHondo Yenyika II, yakaita nzendo dzakawanda dzokuongorora nokubuda muMediterranean, ichiperekedza ngarava dzeItaly dzaienda kuNorth Africa uye ichiedza kubata ngarava dzeBritain dzaienda kugungwa reMediterranean. Muna November 1940, vokuBritain vakatanga kurwisakurwisa kwemuchadenga paTaranto; Duilio yakarohwa netorpedo imwe chete yakatangwa neFairey Swordfish torpedo bhomba, iyo yakakonzera kukuvadza kukuru. Kugadziridza kwacho kwakatora mwedzi mishanu, pashure pacho ngarava yacho yakadzokera kuita mabasa okuperekedza ngarava. Kushayikwa kwepeturu kwakavhiringidza chikamu chikuru chezvikepe zveItaly muna 1942, uye Duilio akaramba asiri mubasa kutozosvikira kuzvikudza kweItaly muna September 1943. Pashure pacho yakaiswa mujeri kuMalta kusvikira muna 1944, apo vaAllies vakaibvumira kudzokera kumvura dzeItaly. Akapona muhondo, uye akaramba achishumira muuto reItaly mushure mehondo, kunyanya sechikepe chekudzidzisa. Duilio akaiswa muchengeti kwenguva yokupedzisira muna 1953; iye akaramba ari muzvinyorwa zveItaly navy kwemamwe makore matatu asati abviswa mubhuku rezvikepe mukupera kwa1956 uye akatengeswa kuti aparadzwe gore rakatevera. 