was damaged by return fire, Torricelli was sunk. After the engagement, the destroyer was destroyed by an internal explosion. As a mark of respect for the gallantry of the Torricelli crew, the Italian captain was guest of honour at a dinner at the British naval base. Galileo Galilei had also been found on 18 June, captured and taken to Aden on the same day. Galvani sank at the same time that her sisters were fighting and was sunk on the following day. In October 1940, the destroyers based at Massawa conducted an attack on the 32-ship Convoy BN 7. The escorts beat off the attack and was driven ashore and sunk by air attack the following day. On the British side, only the leading transport ship of the convoy sustained minor splinter damage and was crippled by Italian shore batteries, with three wounded among her crew and had to be towed to Aden by the cruiser . As Italian fuel stocks at Massawa dwindled, the offensive capability of the Red Sea Flotilla declined. The vessels of the flotilla became a "fleet in being", offering a threat without action and rarely left port. In late March 1941, the three large destroyers, , and , made a night attack on Suez but Leone ran aground off Massawa and had to be scuttled by gunfire and the delay caused the operation to be cancelled. The two remaining ships joined three smaller destroyers – , and on a final raid on Port Sudan in early April. Engine problems kept Battisti in port, where she was subsequently scuttled to prevent her capture by the British. The Italian ships were spotted by aircraft while en route and came under attack from land and carrier based aircraft. Pantera and Tigre were scuttled on the Arabian coast while Manin and Sauro were sunk by Fairey Swordfish aircraft. On 8 April 1941, the light cruiser was torpedoed and crippled by the Italian torpedo boat MAS 213 off Massawa. The cruiser was out of action until June 1942. The armed merchant cruisers , and the colonial dispatch ship were ordered to escape and reach Japan. Ramb II and Eritrea reached Kobe but Ramb I was intercepted and sunk by Leander. The four Italian submarines that had survived were ordered to join BETASOM the Italian submarine flotilla at Bordeaux and succeeded, despite concerted British attempts to intercept them. On 8 April