 Recognising her battered state, Bouvet then diverted fire from "Nereide" to concentrate on "Magicienne".Refusing to surrender until all options had been exhausted, Willoughby dispatched boats to "Sirius", asking Pym if he believed it would be practical to send boats to tow "Nereide" out of range.Pym replied that with the boats engaged in attempting to tow "Sirius" and "Magicienne" off the reef it was not possible to deploy them under fire to tow "Nereide".