<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Kokubili u- Andrea Doria no Duilio bangena emgodini owomile ngasekupheleni kwawo-1930 ukuze kwenziwe izinto ezintsha; lo msebenzi waqhubeka kwaze kwaba ngu-Okthoba no-Ephreli 1940, ngokulandelana. Ngaleso sikhathi, i-Italy yayingenele iMpi Yezwe II isekela amabutho e - Axis. Le mikhumbi emibili yajoyina iDivision yesi-5 eyayiseTaranto. UDuilio wabamba iqhaza ekubhekeleni umkhumbi wempi waseBrithani nomkhumbi owawulibangise eMalta, kodwa awutholakalanga. Yena no-Andrea Doria babekhona ngesikhathi amaBrithani  <response>: ukuhlaselwa kweTaranto ngobusuku bukaNovemba 11 kuya ku-12, 1940. Amabutho angu-21 e-Fairey Swordfish torpedo-bombers, asuka ngo-, ahlasela imikhumbi eyayigxunyekwe ethekwini. I-Andrea Doria ayilimalanga kulokhu kuhlasela, kodwa i-Duilio yashaywa yi-torpedo ohlangothini lwayo lwasempumalanga. Wathintwa ukuvimbela ukucwila kwakhe ethekwini futhi kwalungiswa okwesikhashana ukuze akwazi ukuya eGenoa ukuze alungiswe unomphela, okwaqala ngoJanuwari 1941. NgoFebhuwari, wahlaselwa yiBrithani Force H; imikhumbi yempi eminingi yazama ukudubula iDuilio ngenkathi isemkhumbini, kodwa ayizange ifinyelele. Umsebenzi wokulungisa wathatha isikhathi eside kwaze kwaba ngoMay 1941, lapho iphinde yajoyina imikhumbi eTaranto. 