<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngemva kokuqala kweMpi Yezwe II, i-Vendetta nezinye izimoto ezine ze-RAN zathunyelwa eMedithera ngo-Okthoba 1939, lapho ngokushesha zathola khona igama elithi Scrap Iron Flotilla kwabasakazi 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 yayibandakanyeka ekuhlaselweni kwesibili kwedolobha laseLibya iBardia, futhi kulandela ukuthunjwa kwalo ngababambisene  <response>: , wabelwa ukuqapha ugu lwaseLibya. 