sentences:  "Splendid" fired her six remaining bow torpedoes at the on 20 November, but all missed.The next day, the boat attacked the Italian "Velite" with her single unreloadable aft torpedo; the plan was to surface once the destroyer was sunk and engage the merchant ships with the deck gun on the surface.The torpedo hit and damaged "Velite", but the unexpected presence of two additional destroyers foiled the planned surface attack.