Battle of Baltim - Aftermath

Aftermath

Noting that the force was too close to Alexandria, Telem ordered Barkai to stop the chase. At 1:30 PM, the force headed back to Haifa. The fourth Osa reached Alexandria. Egypt claimed to have sunk four Israeli "targets", three they believed to be motor torpedo boats and one missile boat. Years after the battle, the commander of the Reshef met an Egyptian naval officer who commanded one of the Osas at the US Naval War College. He said that he and two or three crew members survived the explosion and managed to swim ashore.