Her duties in 1942 were much as before, but with aggressive actions against Allied convoys, including the Operations "Harpoon" and "Vigorous", in June, to resupply the British controlled island of Malta. She sailed in August to intercept the critical "Pedestal" convoy, but, being without air cover, this sortie was abandoned. On 13 June 1942, "d'Aosta" survived a torpedo attack by the British submarine , while south of Sardinia with the .