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On 7 March 1939, Zara and her sister ships sortied from Taranto to intercept a squadron of Republican warships"mdash;three cruisers and eight destroyers"mdash;attempting to reach the Black Sea.

Torpedo bombers from attacked Gorizia and the other heavy cruisers, but they failed to score any hits.

After the Italian battleships engaged their British counterparts, Gorizia and the other heavy cruisers steamed ahead to the front of the line and joined the attack on the leading British battleship, , but they scored no hits.

British cruisers attacked as the Italians withdrew, but heavy fire from the Italian cruisers drove them off.

She took part in the Battle of Cape Spartivento, where she engaged British cruisers and shot down a British aircraft.

British bombing of the port four days later forced the Italians to again relocate the cruisers, sending them temporarily to La Maddalena in Sardinia on 15 December.

On 16 and 17 December, while on another convoy escort mission, she took part in the First Battle of Sirte against a force of British light cruisers and destroyers.

A month later, on 22 March, she took part in the Second Battle of Sirte, where she was heavily engaged with British light cruisers and destroyers.

She successfully evaded the attack, but the cruisers and were not as lucky, both being badly damaged.

Gorizia, Trieste, and two destroyers proceeded on to Messina while the other five destroyers stayed to protect the two damaged cruisers.

Ten days later, the 3rd Division was disbanded, since the two surviving Italian heavy cruisers were out of action, Bolzano having been torpedoed and badly damaged by a British submarine in August 1942.

World War II cruisers of Italy.

When the stricken cruisers were safely out of range of enemy air attack, Caperton returned to screen TF 38 in the air strikes of the decisive Battle for Leyte Gulf, which developed from the all-out efforts of the Japanese to break up the Leyte landings.