 The distant escort was on the right hand side of the convoy, steaming twice as fast, zig-zagging to keep station and also thought that the convoy was under air attack.At Brivonesi signalled to "Supermarina" that torpedo bombers were attacking and then sailed for the point where the British ships had first been sighted instead of their current position.When watchmen on "Trieste" saw the arc of shells and ships beginning to burn, the distant escort was about distant at the end of its zig-zag away from the convoy.