After the Rhodes raid the depleted SBS was absorbed into the Special Air Service, due to the casualties they had suffered.

[1][2][3][4] Rhodes, a part of the Kingdom of Italy since 1912,[5] was being used as a base for Italian and German bombers who were attacking Royal Navy convoys.

1 Special Boat Section raiding force consisted of eight British Commandos, two Greek guides and two interpreters.

The rest of the raiding group were Sergeant Moss, Corporal McKenzie, Private Blake, Marines Barrow, Harris and Duggan.

The raiders were landed by using a folding boat and three inflatable floats to reach the shore on the east coast of Rhodes near Cape Feralco.

[7] Having no radio to contact the Royal Navy or their headquarters, they agreed to return to the beach on the night of 17/18 September to be picked up.

Only Sutherland and Duggan reached the prearranged rendezvous point, and heard shooting coming from the direction they believed the other SBS was located.

[7] The following day, Sutherland and Duggan began their return journey to a rendezvous point near the beach with the expectation that the entire raiding force would reassemble.

No one else had arrived, and in the meantime an Italian patrol ship had disembarked soldiers on the beach who had found the hidden boats.

The submarine was spotted by a patrol boat; with the SBS members on board it crash-dived and survived a depth charge attack.