▁Rec ce , ▁s ank ▁rapidly . ▁Wor se ▁still , ▁a ▁ 3 - ton ner ▁am mun ition ▁l orry ▁caught ▁fire , ▁and ▁oil ▁floating ▁on ▁the ▁water ▁was ▁set ▁al ight . ▁Land ing ▁craft ▁and ▁the ▁gun bo at ▁ ▁quickly ▁came ▁alongside ▁and ▁picked ▁up ▁surv iv ors , ▁most ▁of ▁whom ▁were ▁ev acu ated ▁to ▁SS ▁Cap ▁T ou raine , ▁a ▁former ▁French ▁l iner . ▁ ▁When ▁all ▁the ▁surv iv ors ▁had ▁been ▁taken ▁off , ▁Captain ▁Richard son ▁of ▁the ▁Der ry c uni hy ▁and ▁the ▁command ing ▁officer ▁of ▁ 4 3 ▁Rec ce , ▁Lieutenant - col onel ▁Francis ▁Lane ▁Fox , ▁argued ▁over ▁who ▁should ▁be ▁last ▁to ▁leave ▁the ▁half - sun ken ▁ship . ▁ ▁The ▁Regiment al ▁War ▁Di ary ▁records ▁that ▁' Gre at ▁gall antry ▁was ▁displayed ▁by ▁all ▁troops ▁in ▁the ▁two ▁a ft ▁holds ' ▁and ▁lists ▁ 1 8 3 ▁men ▁of ▁the ▁regiment ▁lost ▁and ▁about ▁ 1 2 0 ▁others ▁ev acu ated ▁wounded . ▁In ▁addition , ▁ 2 5 ▁of ▁the ▁ship ' s ▁crew , ▁( including ▁Army ▁g unn ers ▁and ▁a ▁Royal ▁Ob server ▁Corps ▁Se abor ne ▁Ob server ), ▁died ▁in ▁the ▁dis aster , ▁which ▁represented ▁the ▁biggest ▁single ▁loss ▁of ▁life ▁off ▁the ▁Norm andy ▁invasion ▁be aches . ▁ ▁After math ▁In ▁the ▁days ▁following ▁the ▁s inking , ▁most ▁of ▁ 4 3 ▁Rec ce '