Finnish patrol boats (VMV 10 and VMV 14). German forces made further landings at the northern part of the island as well as at a beach south from the docks on the eastern side of the island. Finnish troops were able to contain the landings and even prevent further landing attempts on the island's western side. Finnish Navy reacted by dispatching several motor torpedo boats (Taisto class motor torpedo boats T-3, T-5, T-6 and G-5 class motor torpedo boats V-2 and V-3) to Hogland which started their attacks against German ships supporting the landing effort at 0330. While several explosions were witnessed from the initial attacks made under cover of darkness the later attacks made at dawn provided no further results. Several German vessels were struck with torpedo hits, but only the motor minesweeper R-29 sank, since the old torpedoes used by the Finns did not have enough yield to sink the larger minesweepers. Finnish efforts forced Germans naval forces to start moving to the more protected western side of the island leaving the landing forces without effective artillery support. While the operation was underway 36 Soviet aircraft attacked the German forces destroying at least a landing craft. This made the Germans withhold the deployment of the force of three destroyers and two large torpedo boats which were being kept at readiness. Instead, German naval forces started a gradual withdrawal to Tallinn, leaving several landing craft and barges on the island when no contact with the landing force could be made. This prevented further waves of troops from landing. The operation ended in a complete failure, with the Finns capturing 1,231 German prisoners (of which 175 were wounded) in addition to 153 Germans killed in action with Finns losing 36 KIA, 67 WIA and 8 MIA. Consequences This operation marked the beginning of hostilities between German and Finnish troops, known as the Lapland War. The Finns benefitted from the operation since it showed the Soviets that the Finns were prepared to use force against the Germans. It further damaged the German efforts in northern Finland since Finns ordered all shipping, including that leased to Germans, which immediately sailed for Finnish or Swedish ports. Finnish order of battle Finnish forces consisted of Coastal Artillery Regiment 12 (RTR 12). Defence was organized into four sections as follows. Northern section, 1st Battalion (strength 340 men) 10th Coastal Defence Company 1st Section/201st Light Artillery