Acting under orders not to stop due to the risk of U-boat attacks, "Queen Mary" steamed onwards with a damaged bow. She radioed the other destroyers of her escort, about away, and reported the collision. Hours later, the convoy's lead escort, consisting of and one other ship, returned to rescue approximately 101 survivors, including Boutwood. Lost with "Curacoa" were 337 officers and men of her crew, according to the naval casualty file released by The National Archives in June 2013. Most of the lost men are commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial and the rest on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial. Those who died after rescue, or whose bodies were recovered, were buried in Chatham and in Arisaig Cemetery in Invernesshire. Under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986, "Curacoa"s wrecksite is designated a "protected place".