<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: NgoNovemba 5, iSydney yasuka ePort Said nemishini yezempi eyayizosetshenziselwa ukusungula isisekelo esiphambili se-Allied eSouda Bay, eCrete. Ngemva kokuletha imishini, eyayihlanganisa cishe amasosha angu - 1 000, imishini yebhethri leBofors, izikhwama zokudla, namaloli amaningana, lezi zikebhe zajoyina imikhumbi eyinhloko. IMediterranean Fleet yaqhubeka nokugada izinsuku eziningana, futhi phakathi nobusuku bukaNovemba 11-12, ngenkathi iningi lomkhumbi lisekela izindiza zokuqala zomhlaba ezindiza  <response>: ukuhlasela imikhumbi yase-Italy eyayimise eTaranto, iSydney, i-Ajax, i-Orion nemikhumbi yempi futhi bazama ukuwela iStrait of Otranto njengendlela yokuphambukisa. Naphezu komsebenzi wokubheka inkathazo, umzila oya enyakatho owawudlula kulesisifufula wadlula ngaphandle kwezinkinga. Ukubuya kwakungeyona into engenamsebenzi kangako: ngo-01:20, umhlambi wezimpahla ezine kanye nabacimi ababili ababehamba nawo wabonwa ngabalindi be- Sydney. Imikhumbi yempi yama-Allied yasondela, futhi yavula umlilo ngo-01:27: Sydney uqondisa umlilo wayo emkhunjini wezimpahla kude. Ngesikhathi sokulwa okwathatha imizuzu engu-23, umkhumbi wafaka isandla ngempumelelo ekubhujisweni kwemikhumbi emithathu yezohwebo futhi walimaza umkhumbi wokuqothula, wagwema i-torpedo, futhi waphumelela ukudubula ezimbili. Ngo-01: 57, amabutho ase-Allied angalimele asuka eStrait, futhi ahlangana nomkhumbi omkhulu ngaphambi kwasemini. 