 Using the radar on "Iroquois" again, Force 27 stalked the convoy at long range until 0408, when the German ships were illuminated with star shell.Upon opening fire, the British and Canadians quickly overwhelmed the convoy sinking two vessels and causing two others to collide in the confusion and burst into flames as they raced for shore, with surviving crew members jumping over the side as they went.One of these vessels capsized and sank while the other drove onto the rocks at full speed and exploded.