Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Site na June 1940 ruo June 1941 Legnani, dị ka onye isi nke 8th Naval Division, sonyere na agha Calabria, Taranto na
Cape Matapan, yana ịlụ ọgụ ndị ọrụ Britain "Hats" (29 Ọgọstụ-1 Septemba 1940) na "MB 5" (29 Septemba ruo 2 Ọktọba 1940), ezubere iji nye Malta. Mgbe ọ hapụsịrị iwu nke Ngalaba nke asatọ, na 10 Disemba 1941 a họpụtara ya onye isi nke ụgbọ mmiri ụgbọ mmiri nke Italy (na-anọchi Admiral Mario Falangola), ọrụ ọ nọgidere na-arụ mgbe ọ buliri ya n'ọkwa admiral na 1942. Ọ duziri ọrụ ụgbọ mmiri ndị Italy na Mediterranean ruo mgbe nkwekọrịta nke 8 Septemba 1943; n'oge a, e nyekwara ya ihe nrite nke German Iron Cross nke abụọ, yana Officer's Cross of the Military Order of Savoy.