 After stalking her for two hours, Schuhart saw his opportunity when "Courageous" turned into the wind to launch her aircraft.This manoeuvre put the ship right across the bow of the "U-29", which then fired three torpedoes.Two of the torpedoes struck the ship on her port side, and she capsized and sank in 15 minutes with the loss of 518 of her crew, including her captain.