 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna March 1941, kutsigira kuronga kweGermany kupinda muBalkansMauto eItaly aVice Admiral Angelo Iachino, aitungamirirwa nengarava yehondo, akaenda kunovhiringidza ngoro dzeAllied pakati peEgypt neGreece. Akanyeverwa nezvezvinangwa zveItaly nehuchenjeri kubva kuHurumende Code uye Cypher Chikoro paBletchley Park, Admiral Cunningham akatora ngarava yake kuenda kugungwa musi wa 27 Kurume 1941, achibhururuka mureza wake pa Warspite. Musi wa 28 Kurume maBritish cruisers akasangana nezvikepe zveItaly uye vakamanikidzwa kudzoka nepfuti dzinorema dze Vittorio Veneto. Kuti aponese ngarava dzake dzehondo, Cunningham akarayira kurwiswa nendege, zvichiita kuti Iachino adzokere shure. Kurwiswa kwakazoitwa nendege kwakakuvadza ngarava yehondo neyainzi cruiser, zvichiita kuti ngarava yokutanga isashande uye yokupedzisira isashande. Vittorio Veneto akatizira kumadokero sezvo madekwana akawira asi vaBritain vakatevera usiku hwose, kutanga vachiona Pola pane radar uye ipapo maviri engarava dzayo dzehanzvadzi. Warspite, Valiant uye Barham dzakaswedera pazvikepe zveItaly zvisingafungiri uye zvakabatsirwa nemwenje, zvakaparadza ngarava dzinorema uye uye maviri anoparadza padanho rakapfupika. Pola yakanyurawo apo vashandi vayo vakanga vabviswa. Pashure pokunge vaona kuti vamwe vose vaiva mungarava yeItaly vakanga vapukunyuka, Warspite yakadzokera kuAlexandria musi wa29 March, ichipona pakurwiswa nendege pasina kurasikirwa. 