O le taʻitaʻi o le vaʻalele, o Kapeteni Oliver Patch, o le Royal Marines, na faavaivaia le vaa o le "Iride", a o osofaʻia e John Wellham ma Lieutenant Neville Cheesman isi vaa e lua. Na laveaʻiina ni nai tagata o le ʻauvaa i le fesoasoani a tagata na faʻatautaia le torpedo; o le toʻatele na maliliu i le magoto ifo. Na toe foʻi John Wellham i lona nofoaga i le toafa, ma na maua ai le faailoga o le Distinguished Service Cross. Na maua e Patch le Distinguished Service Order, aʻo Cheesman, Sub-Lieutenant Frederick Stovin-Bradford ma Acting Sub-Lieutenant Gordon Woodley na mauaina foi le Distinguished Service Cross, ma Petty Officer Alfred Marsh le Distinguished Service Medal. Mulimuli ane, na ō atu ai Patch ma Wellham i le osofaʻiga a le ʻautau a Italia i le uafu i Taranto
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