Daybreak revealed , an escort vessel, standing by the sinking "Ettrick", picking up survivors. "Almaack" arranged for "Glaisdale" to take on board some of her men, and transferred 8 officers and 185 men to the escort ship; 12 officers and 112 men remained on board to handle the ship and man the guns. HMS "Brilliant" arrived at 1540 to provide antisubmarine protection, and at 1340 the following day a British tug, "Jaunty", accompanied by two trawlers, arrived to take the damaged cargo ship—at that point some eight miles (13 km) from the coast of Portugal— in tow, ultimately arriving at Gibraltar at 2300 on 17 November 1942.