 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Basa rake rokupedzisira rokuperekedza rakaita kuti, musi waDecember 2, 1942, muHondo yeSkerki Bank: konvo yake yakagadzirwa nengarava dzekutakura Aventino, Aspromonte, Puccini uye KT 1, ichiperekedzwa nevatungamiriri vatatu Da Recco, Folgore uye Camicia Nera uye ngarava mbiri dze torpedo Procione uye Clio, dzakarwiswa mukati mehusiku neBritish Force Q, inoumbwa ne Aurora, Sirius uye Argonaut uye Quiberon uye Quentin. Pamirairo yaCocchia, boka rose rekuperekedza rakatangisa kurwisa kwakatsunga, asi harina kukwanisa kudzivirira kuparadzwa kwechitima; Da Recco, mushure mekurwiswa kaviri kusingabudirire nepfuti uye torpedoes, yakavhara paForce Q kuti itange kurwisa kwechitatu, asi kupisa kwengozi kwemafuta emafuta ari mufanera rekumberi kwakakonzera tsanga yemwenje, iyo yakapa chinzvimbo chechikepe. Moto wakajeka weBritain wakakurumidza kuremadza Da Recco, uchipisa mabhuku ake epamberi; inopfuura hafu yevashandi vakaurawa kana kukuvadzwa, kusanganisira Cocchia, uyo akatambura kupiswa kwakakomba, kunyanya pachiso chake. Akapofumadzwa kwenguva pfupi, aifanira kurega kutungamira kumukuru wake mukuru; akaiswa muchipatara kuchipatara muTorrebianca Trapani, uye aifanira kupedza makore matatu anotevera mumakiriniki akati wandei, achiitwa oparesheni dzakawanda mukuyedza kudzikisira kukuvara kwakakonzerwa nemoto. Akaremara zvachose; nokuda kwokudzivirira kwake kwakatsunga kwechikwata chake kurwisa masimba akakwirira akapiwa menduru yegoridhe yeHondo yeHondo. 