as this was happening, "u-99" was making her escape; she nearly collided with a destroyer in the dark and dived. picked up on asdic by "walker", she was depth-charged and severely damaged. saving "u-99" from being crushed as she sank deeper and deeper, kretschmer brought her to the surface, where she was fired on by the encircling warships. "u-99" was sunk, but kretschmer and most of his crew were saved, to be taken prisoner.