<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: U-Andrea Doria wayesalokhu engasebenzi ngo-1939 lapho kugqashuka iMpi Yezwe II eYurophu. Umsebenzi waqedwa ngo-Okthoba 1940, kwathi ngo-26 enyangeni, waphinde wajoyina imikhumbi yase-Italy e- 5th Division eTaranto. Yayingalimali ngenxa  <response>: AmaBrithani ahlasela iTaranto ngobusuku bukaNovemba 11 kuya ku-12, futhi wathunyelwa eNaples ngomhla ka-12. Ekuqaleni kukaDisemba, uMbutho Wezempi wase-Italy wahlela kabusha imikhumbi; i- Andrea Doria yahlala kwi- 5th Division, kanye nomkhumbi wempi. Wenza umsebenzi wakhe wokuqala ekuqaleni kukaJanuwari ngomkhumbi omusha wokulwa ekuphenduleni i-Operation Excess, uchungechunge oluyinkimbinkimbi lwama-convoy aseBrithani eMalta. Imikhumbi yempi yase-Italy ayikwazanga ukuthola noma yimaphi amabutho aseBrithani, ngakho-ke abuyela ethekwini ngoJanuwari 11. NgoFebhuwari 8, i- Andrea Doria yaphinde yasuka, kanye ne Vittorio Veneto ne Giulio Cesare, ekuphenduleni imibiko yemikhumbi yaseBrithani endaweni. Babesuka eSardinia ngesikhathi bethola izindaba zokuthi iRoyal Navy ibhodle iGenoa ku-Operation Grog; ngokushesha baphendukela enyakatho ukuyohlasela abaseBrithani, kodwa bahluleka ukubathola enkungwini esindayo. 