 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Eagle akapedza mwedzi mipfumbamwe yokutanga yeHondo Yenyika II muIndian Ocean achitsvaka vapambi vezvokutengeserana veGermany. Mukati mechikamu chokutanga chehondo, Fleet Air Arm yakanga iri shoma zvikuru yevarwi uye Eagle yakanga yakashongedzerwa chete neFairey Swordfish torpedo mabhomba kusvikira kunopera kwa1940. Akaendeswa kuMediterranean muna Chivabvu 1940, kwaakange achiperekedza makondirakiti kuenda kuMalta neGreece uye akarwisa ngarava dzeItaly, zvikamu zvengarava uye zvigadziko muEastern Mediterranean. Ngarava yacho yakaitawo muHondo yeCalabriamuna July asi ndege dzayo dzakakundikana kuwana chimwe chinhu apo dzakaedza kupfura torpedo ngarava dzechikepe dzeItaly mukati mehondo. Pose apo Eagle yakanga isiri mugungwa, ndege dzayo dzaiburutswa ndokushandiswa pamhenderekedzo. 