"Rockingham" was blown ashore and eventually abandoned after failed attempts to refloat her. It took months to refloat her and to make her partially seaworthy. Attempts to refloat the ship were unsuccessful. Rescuers attempted to refloat them four times. It took salvors 17 days to refloat "Card". Attempts were subsequently made to refloat the vessel. Attempts by the tug "Titan" to refloat her were unsuccessful. Attempts by to refloat her were unsuccessful as the tide was falling. The ship was subsequently stripped of its fittings, but attempts to refloat her failed. Ten or eleven tugs were dispatched right away, but they could not refloat the ship. Having failed to refloat "Montagu", the navy decided to abandon the project. In 1977 there was a failed attempt to refloat the ship. The first attempt to refloat her by blowing compressed air into her hull was ineffective. Attempts to refloat her failed, and she subsequently broke up. It was reported that Smit International still intended to refloat the ship.