<prompt> Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Hondo yose yeMediterranean yakabva kuAlexandria musi wa8 Gumiguru kuti ipe chifukidziro kune akati wandei eMalta Convoys, uye kuyedza kukwezva ngarava dzeItaly muhondo. Midziyo yacho yakasvika kwavaienda zvakachengeteka, uye basa racho rakanga risina njodzi kune Sydney; kusangana chete nemauto eItaly kwaiva kusangana munguva yekutanga mangwanani e12 October pakati peBritish cruiser uye manomwe eItaly torpedo zvikepe uye vanoparadza, avo Ajax vakanyura vatatu uye vakakuvadza chechina. Kubva musi wa25 Gumiguru, Sydney, Orion, nevanoparadza uye vakapinda muchirongwa chekutsvaira ngarava dzeAxis muAegean, dzichisvika kure kuchamhembe seDardanelles. Hapana zviitiko zvikuru zvakaitika kusvikira musi wa 28 October, apo vaItaly vakapinda muGreece  <response>: : zvikepe zvina zvakadzoserwa kuAlexandria, uko zvakasvika madekwana iwayo. Nokukurumidza pashure, vaviri cruisers vakabatanidzwa HM Ships uye akasangana huru simba reMediterranean rengarava kumadokero Krete musi 30 October. Mumazuva mashomanana akatevera, ngarava dzehondo dzakapoteredza Krete uye dzakapoteredza nyika yeGirisi, uye dzakapa chifukidziro kumotokari yokutanga yokuendesa zvinhu kuKrete. 