 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi waApril 13, 1941, Tarigo, pamwe chete nevanoparadza Lampo uye Baleno, vakabva kuNaples kunoperekedza ngarava dzaienda kuTripoli dzaisanganisira ngarava dzeArta, Adana, Aegina, Iserlohn uye Sabaudia dzese dzaiva dzechiGerman, kunze kweyekupedzisira dzine mauto nezvokushandisa zveAfrika Korps. De Cristofaro akanga ari mutungamiriri wevaperekedzi. Mumaawa okutanga aApril 16, kure neKerkennah, ngarava yacho yakarwiswa nengarava dzehondo ina dzeBritain, rinotungamirirwa naKaputeni Philip Mack. Lampo naBaleno, vakashamiswa, vakaremara vasati vagona kuita chiito chinobudirira; Tarigo, akasiiwa ari oga, akatarisana nezvikepe zveBritain uye akaedza pasina kudzivirira zvikepe zvekutengesa, asi akazoparadzwa nemoto wevavengi, uyo wakadamburawo rimwe remakumbo aDe Cristofaro. Kunyange zvazvo yakanga yatova mumamiriro ezvinhu okunyura, Tarigo akakwanisa kuwana zvibodzwa zviviri zve torpedo pamuparadzi weBritain Mohawk, achimunyudza. Nokukurumidza pashure pacho, Tarigo yakanyura navakawanda vavashandi vayo, kubatanidza De Cristofaro. Akapiwa menduru yegoridhe yechiuto pashure pokufa kwake. 