The Allies had a success in April, with victory in the Battle of the Tarigo Convoy. Allied surface forces managed to sink only one small Axis convoy in daylight hours during the whole North African Campaign but on the night of 15/16 April, Axis ships were intercepted by Commander P. J. Mack's 14th Destroyer Flotilla, comprising , , "Mohawk", "Juno" and "Nubian". The destroyers sank "Sabaudia" (1,500 tons), "Aegina" (2,447 tons), "Adana" (4,205 tons), "Isetlhon" (3,704 tons) and "Arta". The Italian destroyers "Tarigo", "Lampo" and "Baleno" were sunk for the loss of "Mohawk".