<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1940, Royal Navy yeItaly Regia Marina yakanga isingagoni kuenzana nesimba rose reBritish Royal Navy muGungwa reMediterranean. Pashure pokunge vatanga kukundikana, Navy yeItaly yakaramba kupinda mukurwisana kwezvikepe zvikuru. Sezvo basa guru reBritish Navy raiva rokugovera uye kudzivirira makondirakiti aishumira nzvimbo dzeBritain muMediterranean, kungopfuurira kuvapo kwezvikepe zveItaly inonzi fleet in being pfungwa kwakakonzera zvinetso kuBritain, iyo yaifanira kushandisa ngarava dzehondo dzaidiwa zvikuru kune imwe nzvimbo kudzivirira makondirakiti eMediterranean. Pana 11 November, Britain yakatanga kurwisa kwekutanga kwehondo, ichishandisa boka revarwi veFairey Swordfish torpedo kuti  <response>: kurwisa Taranto. Kurwisa kwacho kwakasiya zvikepe zvehondo zvitatu zveItaly zvakaremara kana kuparadzwa nokuda kwokurasikirwa nendege mbiri dzeBritain dzakapfurwa. 