The two battle groups forming a pincer formation were like wounded beasts, putting up a fierce resistance. Out of the 550 warships the fleet had, only four hundred or so remained, albeit suffering from varying degrees of damage. Among the surviving ships, the full metal battleships were the ones that bore the heaviest toll, with their armour being severely battered after absorbing almost all the firepower of the European fleet. Yet despite the punishment they received, the Ramachandra Class and the Maharaja Ramachandra Class battleships were hard to kill, still operational and capable of resistance.
The Delhi class battleships were not subjected to as direct a punishment as the full metal battleships were, but they were hardly better off. After all, they were facing a fleet with twice their number of battleships, and as a result, they suffered serious damage, especially since they lacked the full-metal armour that protected the Ramachandra Class and the Maharaja Ramachandra Class.
