 The Germans fired 148 shells and one torpedo while "Stanvac Calcutta" fired only twenty-five, hundreds of machine gun rounds were also expended by both sides.Sixteen merchant sailors and armed guards were killed in action, thirty-seven prisoners were taken, of whom fourteen were wounded, one armed guard died later aboard "Stier".Two Germans were wounded and "Stier" continued raiding for 4 months, sinking only two more ships before being sunk by in a mutually destructive battle.