<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna October 1941, Vian akapiwa chiremera che15th Cruiser Squadron mureza muna, yakamira paAlexandria. Basa guru rengarava panguva iyi yekurwisa kweMediterranean raive rekuona kupona kweMalta senzvimbo yeBritish uye musasa wemauto nekudzivirira makondirakiti ekupa zvinhu uku uchidzivirira makondirakiti eItaly ekupa mauto avo kuchamhembe kweAfrica. Basa rechipiri raisanganisira kupa uye kutsigira zvombo zvehondo zveAllied muNorth Africa nedzimwe nzvimbo, dzakadai sekuputika kwakabudirira kweDerna muna December. Ngarava yokutanga yaVian yakanga iri muna December 1941 uye yakatungamirira ku  <response>: Hondo Yokutanga yeSirte. Chaizvoizvo, iyi yakanga iri nhevedzano yekurwisana pakati pezvikepe zvehondo zveBritain neItaly zvaiperekedza zvikepe zvaida zvikuru zvinhu zvokuyamura. Pamwe chete, kurwa kwacho kwakanga kusina mugumisiro, asi mativi ose akakwanisa kuendesa zvinhu. Paiva nenzendo dzinoverengeka dzokutsigira uto uye dzokudzivisa ngoro dzeItaly. Mune rimwe basa rakadaro, mukuvamba kwaMarch 1942, ngarava huru yaVian, HMS Naiad, yakanyudzwa uye yakanyudzwa na. Vian akatamisira mureza wake kuna uye gare gare kuna. 