At half-past two the submarine came to the surface directly astern (where _Dunraven’s_ guns would not bear) and resumed shelling the steamer at short range, and used her Maxim gun on the men in the boats. This went on for twenty minutes, and then she dived once more. Captain Campbell next decided to use his torpedoes, so five minutes later one was fired which passed just ahead of the submarine’s periscope as the enemy was motoring 150 yards off on the port side; and seven minutes afterwards _Dunraven_ fired a second torpedo which passed just astern of the periscope. The enemy had failed to see the first torpedo, but evidently he noticed the second. It was obvious that by now it was useless to continue the contest any further, for the submarine would go on torpedoing and shelling _Dunraven_ until she sank: so Captain Campbell signalled for urgent assistance,[8] and almost immediately the U.S.S. _Noma_ arrived and fired at a periscope seen a few hundred yards astern of _Dunraven_. Then came the two British destroyers _Attack_ and _Christopher_. _Dunraven_ then recalled her boats and the fire was extinguished, but it was found that the poop had been completely gutted and that all depth charges and ammunition had been exploded. From _Noma_ and _Christopher_ doctors came over and assisted in tending the wounded, a couple of the most dangerously injured being taken on board _Noma_ to be operated on and then landed at Brest. At 6.45 p.m. _Christopher_ began towing _Dunraven_, but this was no easy matter, for there was a nasty sea running, the damaged ship would not steer; her stern went down, the sea broke over it and worked its way forward. In this way the night passed, and at 10.15 the next morning _Christopher_ was able to report that she was now only 60 miles west of Ushant and bringing _Dunraven_ towards Plymouth at 4 knots. By six that evening the ship was in so bad a condition that she might sink any moment, so Captain Campbell transferred sixty of his crew to the trawler _Foss_. About 9 p.m. two tugs arrived, took over the towing, and carried on during the night until 1.30 a.m. of August 10. It was time then for the last handful of men to abandon her in all true earnestness, so the _Christopher_ came alongside, in spite of the heavy sea running, and the last man was taken off. It was only just in time, for almost immediately she capsized, and was finally sunk by _Christopher_ dropping a depth charge and shelling her as a dangerous derelict soon after 3 a.m. Thus the life of _Dunraven_ as a man-of-war had been both brief and distinguished.