Before the British warships were sunk, however, the destroyer torpedoed and damaged "Scharnhorst". They torpedoed and sank the heavy cruiser and damaged the battleship . "Athabaskan" was apparently torpedoed by the German torpedo boat . She was torpedoed on 28 October 1940 by and sank. The following day, the submarine torpedoed and sank the heavy cruiser near Palawan. On 23 May 1946, "I-201" was torpedoed and sunk by . German submarines torpedoed ships without warning, causing sailors and passengers to drown. The squadron was almost torpedoed on its troop ship crossing the Atlantic Ocean. While en route, she was torpedoed by a British submarine and seriously damaged. The next month, she was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine but was not seriously damaged. On May 7, Germany torpedoed the British passenger liner "RMS Lusitania", sinking her. On 16 May she torpedoed and seriously damaged a destroyer. Two days later, while patrolling off the Trondheimsfjord, the British submarine torpedoed "Prinz Eugen". After scuttling charges failed to sink "Craftsman", she was torpedoed at . Also that month, "Somali" was torpedoed by while covering the returning Russian Convoy QP 14.