<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Umkhumbi - mkhathi washintsha kakhulu impi yasolwandle kule mpi, njengoba amandla omoya aba isici esibalulekile empini. Ukufika kwezindiza njengezikhali eziyinhloko kwakushukunyiswa ububanzi obuphakeme, ukuguquguquka nokusebenza kwezindiza eziqhutshwa yizindiza. Zazifinyelela ezindaweni ezikude futhi zinemba kakhulu kunezikhali zempi, okwakuzenza ziphumelele kakhulu. Ukuguquguquka kwesithwali kwaboniswa ngoNovemba 1940 lapho kuqaliswa  <response>: ukuhlasela okude kwamasosha ase-Italy esikhungweni sawo eTaranto, okubonisa ukuqala kokuhlasela kwezindiza okusebenzayo nokushukumisayo. Lo msebenzi wakhubaza imikhumbi yempi emithathu kwayisithupha ngezindleko zamabhomu amabili e-torpedo. 