 Another Axis air attack had no effect and during the night the convoy zig-zagged eastwards at , with "Nestor" falling behind, down at the bow, towed by "Javelin" and escorted by "Eridge" and "Beaufort".At ("Korvettenkapitän" Franz-Georg Reschke) got through the anti-submarine cordon around MW11 and torpedoed "Hermione", which heeled over and sank with killed and about Two air attacks were made on "Nestor" and its escorts and at the tow parted for the second time; with dawn due and the long summer day to follow, the captain of the Australian destroyer "Nestor" decided that the risk to the other destroyers was too great and had "Nestor" sunk at The other destroyers caught up with the convoy during the afternoon.