The Egyptian warship was then sunk by escorting destroyer . More were sunk over the following days or ran aground. Nine of the barges which had sunk floated back. Seven battleships are either sunk or heavily damaged. The rest were kept afloat long enough to be deliberately sunk or dismantled. The vessel was later sunk in 1943. The submarine was sunk weeks later by "U-4". The boat was sunk by gunfire from . During the Dunkirk evacuation, few warships were actually sunk, despite being stationary targets. During World War II, many warships were sunk solely by air attack. The container ship was also sunk by an Exocet. The Allied ships were all sunk or dispersed. The third Spanish vessel was also sunk by the privateers. Some ships flying the tricolour were nevertheless sunk by Germans. On 2 May, "General Belgrano" was sunk by the submarine .