 "Bradford City", operating under the pseudonym "Saros", had been particularly detached to the Straits to hunt "U-28" and had ignored orders to proceed to port from officers unaware of her naval status.After the torpedo struck, the ship's "panic party" had taken to the boats in the hope of luring her attacker to the surface, but the arrival of the French naval trawler "Hiver" drove "U-28" away before the gun crews aboard "Bradford City" could engage the submarine.