<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pakupera kwaSeptember, ngarava dzeItaly, kusanganisira Pola, dzakavhima ngarava dzehondo dzeBritain dzaibva kuAlexandria dzichienda kuMalta, asi hadzina kukwanisa kuonana nezvikepe zveBritain. Musi waNovember 1, Mussolini akashanyira ngarava muTaranto. Pola akanga aripo muchiteshi chengarava paTaranto apo ngarava dzeBritain dzakatumira ngarava inotakura usiku  <response>: Kurwisa Taranto usiku hwaNovember 11-12, asi haana kurwiswa pakurwiswa. Mangwanani akatevera, iye nevamwe vose vaiva mungarava vakaenda kuNaples. Imwe nhamburiko yokudzivisa ngarava dzeBritain mukupera kwaNovember yakaguma neHondo yeCape Spartivento. Ngarava yeItaly yakabva pachiteshi musi wa26 Mbudzi uye pavaive munzira kuenda kungarava yeBritain, Pola nengarava yehondo vakarwiswa neSwordfish torpedo mabhomba kubva kunotakura, asi ngarava mbiri idzi dzakadzivisa torpedoes. Zvadaro, zvikepe zviviri izvi zvakabva zvasangana uye zvakarwisana kweinenge awa. Maererano nemamwe manyuko, zvombo zviviri zve203 mm zvakarova ngarava yeBritain izvo zvakaremadza imwe yemapurisa ayo makuru emagetsi zvakapfurwa nePola. Vamwe vanyori vanotaura panzvimbo pezvo kuti Berwick yakatokuvadzwa nepfuti huru dzehanzvadzi yaPola, cruiser inorema Fiume. Admiral Inigo Campioni akarega chiito chacho nemhaka yokuti iye nenzira isina kururama akafunga kuti akanga achitarisana nechiuto chakakwirira, muuyo wokunzvera kwemhepo kwakashata. 