<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Phakathi neMpi Yezwe II, yahlanganyela ekubhekeleni nasekuhambeni olwandle eMedithera izikhathi eziningi, kokubili ukuze ihambisane nemikhumbi yase-Italy eya eNyakatho Afrika nasemizamweni yokubamba iMikhumbi YaseBrithani yaseMedithera. Ngo-November 1940, abaseBrithani baqala umkhankaso  <response>: ukuhlaselwa emoyeni eTaranto; i- Duilio yashaywa yi-torpedo eyodwa ekhishwe yi-Fairey Swordfish torpedo bomber, eyabangela umonakalo omkhulu. Ukulungiswa kwahlala izinyanga ezinhlanu, ngemva kwalokho umkhumbi wabuyela emsebenzini wokuhambisa imikhumbi. Ukuntuleka kukaphethiloli kwavimbela ingxenye enkulu yemikhumbi yase-Italy ngo-1942, futhi i-Duilio yahlala ingasebenzi kwaze kwaba yilapho amaNtaliyane ezinikela ngo-September 1943. Wabe esevalelwa eMalta kwaze kwaba ngo-1944, lapho ama-Allies emvumela ukuba abuyele emanzini ase-Italy. Wasinda empini, futhi waqhubeka ekhonza emkhosini wase-Italy ngemuva kwempi, ngokuyinhloko njengesikebhe sokuqeqesha. Duilio wabekwa esitokisini okokugcina ngo-1953; wahlala emkhosini wama-Italian iminyaka emithathu ngaphambi kokuba asuswe ebhukwini lezempi ngasekupheleni kuka-1956 futhi wathengiswa ukuze aqothulwe ngonyaka olandelayo. 