<prompt> Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Regia Marina neRoyal Navy vakabatanidzwa mukurwisana kwamakore maviri nehafu nokuda kwokutonga kweMediterranean. Chinangwa chikuru che Regia Marina chaiva chokutsigira mauto eAxis kuNorth Africa uku achivhiringidza nzira yokuendesa zvinhu kuAlexandria uye kudimbura zvinhu kuMalta. Basa guru reRoyal Navy raiva rokuramba richigovera masimba ehondo nevanhu veMalta, uye rechipiri kurambidza kutumira kwezvikepe kuNorth Africa. Chiito chikuru chokutanga chakaitika musi wa11 November 1940 apo ngarava yokuBritain inotakura ndege yakatanga mafungu maviri eSwordfish torpedo-bombers mukurwisa kusingatarisirwi  <response>: mukurwisana neFleet yeItaly yakamira pachiteshi chengarava cheTaranto. Kurwisa kwacho hakuna kucherechedzwa, uye ngarava nhatu dzehondo dzakanyudzwa. Kumwe kukundwa kukuru kwakaitwa pa Regia Marina paCape Matapan, apo Royal Navy neRoyal Australian Navy vakanyura ndokuparadza zvikepe zvitatu zvinorema , uye; zvose zvekirasi imwe chete uye maviri S mune usiku hwekuvhara, nekurasikirwa kwevanopfuura 2,300 vafambisi vegungwa. VaAllies vaiva neUltra intercepts, iyo yakafumura kufamba kwevaItaly, uye radar, iyo yakavabvumira kuwana ngarava nokuwana zvombo zvavo zviri kure uye usiku. Unyanzvi hwakanaka hwekuongorora mhepo yeRoyal Navys Fleet Air Arm uye kubatana kwavo kwakasimba nemapoka epamusoro aiva zvimwe zvikonzero zvikuru zvekuparara kweItaly. 