For this action, the commanders of the craft, Lieutenants Donald Cameron (X6) and Basil Place (X7), were awarded the Victoria Cross, whilst Robert Aitken, Richard Haddon Kendall, and John Thornton Lorimer received the Distinguished Service Order and Edmund Goddard the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal.[19] The commander of X8, John Elliott Smart, was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).[20] Henty-Creer of X5 was not decorated, but was mentioned in dispatches.[21]