Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Na 27 Machị 1941, ndị agha mmiri nke ndị Allied n'okpuru Admiral Cunningham bụ ndị agha mmiri nke ndị agha mmiri nke Italy wakporo Cape Matapan, Gris. Ụgbọ mmiri atọ nke RAN sonyere n'agha ahụ; HMA Ships "Perth", "Stuart", na "Vampire". Mmeri ahụ e nwere na Cape Matapan
nyere ohere maka mwepụ nke ọtụtụ puku ndị agha Allied na Crete.