U-303 began to settle and list, and Heine ordered an immediate evacuation into life rafts which eventually carried the surviving crew to the French coast ten miles away. Ten sailors were less lucky, having been killed in the torpedo impact, and went down with their U-boat in position .
U-303's listing led to a hasty evacuation of its crew via life rafts, resulting in their survival while ten sailors were tragically killed by the torpedo impact and sank with the U-boat.