<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngemva kokuqala kweMpi Yezwe II, i-Vendetta nezinye izinqola ezine ze-RAN zathunyelwa eMedithera ngo-Okthoba 1939, lapho zathola khona ngokushesha igama lesidlaliso elithi Scrap Iron Flotilla kubaphikisi bamaJalimane. Ngo - May 1940, umkhumbi - mkhumbi wamiswa eMalta ukuze ulungiswe. Ngo-18 Agasti, Vendetta wahlanganyela ekuhlaselweni kweBardia. Kusukela ngo-October 11 kuya kuNovemba 9, wayeseMalta ngenxa yezinkinga zenjini. NgoJanuwari 3, 1941, iVendetta yabandakanyeka ekuhlaselweni kwesibili kwedolobha laseLibya iBardia, futhi kulandela  <response>: ngemva kokuthunjwa kwawo amabutho ahlangene, wabelwa ukuqapha ugu lwaseLibya. 