the men returned to the entry point in the fence and made contact with the hq team, returning to the beach via the vehicle transport area to save time while more premature explosions occurred in the refinery. the boats were already on the beach waiting and the strike-craft were closer to the shore to speed up the pick-up. the two injured were transferred to individual strike-craft for treatment by medical teams and as soon as the boats were loaded, headed out to sea as several more explosions broke out in the refinery. the two strike-craft would later rendezvous with sas "protea" and transferred the two injured men and latter would then head for walvis bay reaching there on 2 december where the men were transported to pretoria for medical treatment. the two strike-craft left angolan waters and would arrive back in langebaan with the 1 & 4 reconnaissance regiment teams on 4 december before sailing for simon's town later that day to refuel and restock and return to their bases.