"Kota Tjandi", a former Dutch ship called "Karin" by her Kriegsmarine crew, was brought to a halt by shots fired across her bow by the two American warships. Just as a boarding party from "Eberle" arrived alongside, powerful time bombs, planted just before "Karin"s lifeboats got underway, exploded. Eleven sailors of the boarding party were killed, but one of "Savannah"s boat rescued three men from the water. "Savannah" took 72 German sailors on board, and quartered them below decks as prisoners-of-war.