 Technical obsolescence made an Italian attempt to counter the British at night a useless sacrifice of crews and ships.Writing in 1957, the British official historian of the Royal Navy, Stephen Roskill, wrote that morale in the suffered greatly after such a formidable escort had failed to prevent the disaster.Next day, Rommel signalled to Berlin that convoys to the ASI has been suspended and that of due in Benghazi, only arrived.