▁Italian ▁sail ors ▁from ▁O nd ina ▁was ▁recovered ▁to ▁the ▁war ships . ▁Following ▁link ▁show ▁details : ▁http :// www . reg iam arina . net / sub s / lost / sub _ lost _ all _ us . asp ▁ ▁After math ▁ ▁Turkey ▁had ▁declared ▁its ▁neutral ity ▁in ▁the ▁war ▁eleven ▁times ▁before , ▁and ▁no ▁country ▁claimed ▁responsibility ▁for ▁the ▁attack ▁on ▁the ▁Turkish ▁ship . ▁Britain ' s ▁amb assador ▁to ▁Turkey , ▁Sir ▁H ug he ▁Kn atch b ull - H ug essen ▁stated ▁that ▁the ▁attack ▁was ▁made ▁by ▁a ▁Naz i ▁German ▁or ▁Italian ▁sub marine ▁operating ▁in ▁the ▁area . ▁This ▁alleg ation ▁was ▁denied ▁by ▁the ▁Naz i ▁German ▁news ▁ag ency , ▁D NB . ▁Another ▁assertion ▁that ▁the ▁Ref ah ▁was ▁s unk ▁by ▁a ▁French ▁war ship , ▁which ▁mist ook ▁her ▁for ▁an ▁Egypt ian ▁vessel , ▁could ▁not ▁be ▁verified ▁because ▁the ▁passengers ▁did ▁not ▁see ▁any ▁war ship . ▁Finally , ▁the ▁British ▁were ▁accused , ▁either ▁because ▁they ▁were ▁not ▁willing ▁to ▁deliver ▁the ▁military ▁equipment ▁ordered ▁by ▁Turkey , ▁or ▁to ▁trigger ▁Turkey ' s ▁invol vement ▁in ▁the ▁war ▁on ▁the ▁side ▁of ▁the ▁Al lies . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁Ret . ▁Group ▁Captain ▁Hay dar ▁G ür san , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁surv iv ors , ▁the ▁ship ▁was ▁tor ped o ed ▁twice ▁by ▁a ▁French ▁sub marine . ▁French ▁reconna issance ▁aircraft ▁fle w ▁over ▁the ▁scene