Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'abalị iri abụọ na asaa n'ọnwa Machị n'afọ 1941, ndị agha mmiri ndị Ịtali wakporo ụgbọ mmiri ndị Allied n'okpuru Admiral Cunningham na Cape Matapan, Gris. Ụgbọ mmiri atọ nke RAN sonyere n'agha ahụ; HMA Ships "Perth", "Stuart", na "Vampire". Ihe
mmeri e nwere na Cape Matapan mere ka e si na Krit kpọpụ ọtụtụ puku ndị agha Allied.