It collapsed Destroying the bulkheads between the first three compartments and all the decks , tore Destroying a large hole in the hull , destroyed Destroying compartments four and five , and killed Killing everyone still alive forward of the nuclear reactor in the fifth compartment .

In an engagement Hostile_encounter lasting Process_end two hours , the French ship was reduced Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale to a wallowing wreck Damaging as broadsides from `` Phoebe '' tore Removing through the hull , rigging and the soldiers packed Placing on the decks : by the time `` Africaine '' surrendered Surrendering , 200 men were dead Death and another 143 wounded Bodily_harm .

Helicopters began Process_start to clog Hindering ship decks and eventually , some were pushed Motion overboard to allow Preventing_or_letting others to land Body_movement .

Captain Francis Laforey on `` Carysfort '' immediately attacked Attack the larger ship and in an engagement lasting an hour and fifteen minutes successfully forced its captain to surrender Surrendering , discovering Know a number of British prisoners of war below decks .