 Approximately 570 survivors were picked up by "Badger" and , aided by and the French patrol boat "Roitelet", and taken to Portsmouth.Lieutenant Commander Geoffrey Corlett received the Italian Naval Decoration for service off Durazzo in Albania while serving as the captain of HMS "Badger".At 0700 hrs on 4 February 1918, "Badger" joined convoy HX-20 along with seven other Royal Navy destroyers from Lough Swilly, Northern Ireland.