 Between 22.00 and 22.09 hours on 28 October, "U-509" fired five torpedoes at the convoy and hit two more British merchant ships.The 5,283 ton "Nagpore" was carrying 7,000 tons of general cargo, including 1,501 tons of copper, as well as being the flagship of the convoy's commodore Rear Admiral Sir C.N.Reyne, KBE, RN.