 The Dutch troop ship Slamat was part of a convoy evacuating about 3 @,@ 000 British , Australian and New Zealand troops from Nafplio in the Peloponnese . As the convoy headed south in the Argolic Gulf on the morning of 27 April , it was attacked by a Staffel of nine Junkers Ju 87s of Sturzkampfgeschwader 77 , damaging Slamat and setting her on fire . The destroyer HMS Diamond rescued about 600 survivors and HMS Wryneck came to her aid , but as the two destroyers headed for Souda Bay in Crete another Ju 87 attack sank them both . The total number of deaths from the three sinkings was almost 1 @,@ 000 . Only 27 crew from Wryneck , 20 crew from Diamond , 11 crew and eight evacuated soldiers from Slamat survived . 
