 At Brivonesi signalled to "Supermarina" that torpedo bombers were attacking and then sailed for the point where the British ships had first been sighted instead of their current position.When watchmen on "Trieste" saw the arc of shells and ships beginning to burn, the distant escort was about distant at the end of its zig-zag away from the convoy.As the escort closed on the convoy the British ships moved beyond the glare of the fires and became much harder to identify.