The ship anchored off the shoal with its onboard personnel gathered on the bow and the stern. The escort vessels, ,  and , stood by while HMAS Yarra's captain, Wilfred Harrington, carefully manoeuvered the bow of his ship alongside the flaming and severely-damaged liner's stern and rescued away 1804 survivors. , which had been in the vicinity, picked up 78 more, while the Wollongong saved the last two persons on the now-sinking ship, its master (captain) and chief-engineer.
The ship anchored off the shoal with personnel gathered at both ends of the hull. The escort vessels stood by as HMAS Yarra's captain maneuvered his ship to rescue survivors from a damaged liner.  and  rescued additional people, while  saved the last two individuals on the sinking vessel.