 Edward Pleydell-Bouverie) laid a field of 150 mines off Akra Dhoukaton (Cape Dukato, southern tip of Lefkada island, Ionian sea).On the field were later the same day lost the Italian destroyer (1,840 tons), the gunboat "Pellegrino Matteucci" and the German transports "Kybfels" (7764 GRT) and "Marburg" (7564 BRT) which were transporting a large contingent of the 2nd Panzer Division from Patras in Greece across the Adriatic Sea to the port of Taranto in Italy.On the night of 26–27 May, "Abdiel", escorted by the destroyer (Commander H. W. Biggs, RN) and the Australian destroyer (Lieutenant Commander M. J. Clark, RAN), landed 800 Commandos at Suda Bay.