At approximately 1300 hours HMCS "Iroquois" (a Royal Canadian Navy Tribal Class destroyer) arrived on the scene in response to the request for assistance. "Iroquois", who had bombarded this position before, commenced bombardment and continued for approximately two hours without interference from the shore batteries. At 1600 hours she discontinued shooting and commenced a slow starboard turn to seaward. Shore batteries commenced firing at that moment and one of two rounds fired hit "Iroquois" on "B" mount. "Iroquois" turrets were not fully enclosed and the entire gun’s crew was knocked down with one sailor killed. The injured sailors stood up and the entire gun’s crew, including the wounded, started reloading while "A" and "B" mounts re-engaged the shore batteries. Meanwhile, the engine room commenced making smoke and the ship sailed out of range.