Diamantina slipped at 4:15 in the morning and ran at full speed to rendezvous with HMAS Quiberon. Her doctor transferred to the destroyer by breeches buoy while Quiberon held a steady course. Conditions aboard did not provide the stable operating space required, so the patient was later taken to an American hospital ashore. The operation succeeded a few days after the rendezvous. The episode shows an escort contributing medical expertise through improvised cooperation between ships rather than through combat alone.
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Diamantina rushed her doctor to HMAS Quiberon
An early-morning high-speed rendezvous and breeches-buoy transfer put Diamantina's medical officer aboard HMAS Quiberon for an urgent operation.