 They sank the oil tanker "British Sergeant" and the Norwegian cargo ship "Norviken" before they were attacked by eight Fulmars of 803 and 806 Naval Air Squadrons.The Royal Navy pilots claimed three D3As shot down for the loss of a pair of Fulmars; the Japanese actually lost four D3As with another five damaged.While this was going on, "Akagi" narrowly escaped damage when nine British Bristol Blenheim bombers from Ceylon penetrated the CAP and dropped their bombs from .