 "Jaguar" received a 40 mm hit on her searchlight that made its gunfire ineffective and the British force sailed back to Alexandria.The destroyers , and "Jaguar" made a sweep between Rhodes and Kastelorizo after a radar contact and detecting wireless traffic in the area but failed to intercept the Italian warships as they returned to base.Cunningham described the operation as "a rotten business and reflected little credit to everyone" and laid blame on Renouf.