 After about 40 minutes, "Onslow" was hit by three shells from "Hipper" and near missed by a fourth, and badly damaged.Two guns were put out of action and a serious fire started, while 17 members of "Onslow"s crew were killed, and 23 wounded, including Sherbrooke.Later, "Achates" sank after being hit by "Hipper", and "Obedient" damaged, before the arrival of the British cruisers and changed the course of the battle, damaging "Hipper" and sinking the destroyer "Friedrich Eckoldt" before the Germans withdrew.