Between 16:31 and 16:33 "U-96" fired four torpedoes at four ships and hit three. The 4,241-ton Belgian merchant ship "Elisabeth van Belgie" sank with the loss of one man from her crew of 56. When "Sveve", a 6,313-ton Norwegian tanker in Admiralty service as a Royal Fleet Auxiliary was hit the subsequent explosion destroyed bulkheads, opened holes on the starboard side, and wrecked the steering gear. With the ship immobile and flooding, the 37 crew and two gunners abandoned ship in four lifeboats. They were picked up within the hour by HMCS "Sherbrooke", which then attempted to scuttle the wreck with shell fire. Eventually the ship was reboarded by four of the crew and four men from the corvette who succeeded in sinking her. The third ship hit, the 12,190-ton British tanker "F.J. Wolfe" was damaged, but able to continue with the convoy.