The final action consisted of four main phases. The first phase late on the 26th consisted of air strikes by torpedo bombers from the British aircraft carrier , which disabled "Bismarck"s steering gear, jammed her rudders in a turning position and prevented her escape. The second phase was the shadowing and harassment of "Bismarck" during the night of 26/27 May by British destroyers, with no serious damage to any ship. The third phase on the morning of 27 May was an attack by the British battleships and supported by cruisers. After about 100 minutes of fighting, "Bismarck" was sunk by the combined effects of shellfire, torpedo hits and deliberate scuttling. On the British side, "Rodney" was lightly damaged by near-misses and by the blast effects of her own guns. British warships rescued 111 survivors from "Bismarck" before being obliged to withdraw because of an apparent U-boat sighting, leaving several hundred men to their fate. The following morning, a U-boat and a German weathership rescued five more survivors. In the final phase the withdrawing British ships were attacked the next day on 28 May by aircraft of the "Luftwaffe", resulting in the loss of the destroyer .