on 6 june 1982 , during the falklands war Military_operation , the british royal navy type 42 destroyer engaged Participation and destroyed Destroying a british army gazelle helicopter , serial number `` unk '' , in a friendly fire incident Incident , killing Killing all four occupants .

On the first day , both forces mistakenly believed Know they were attacking Attack their opponent 's fleet carriers , but were actually attacking Attack other units , with the U.S. sinking the Japanese light carrier while the Japanese sank Motion_directional a U.S. destroyer and heavily damaged Damaging a fleet oiler ( which was later scuttled Destroying ) .

During the action , three U.S. Marine companies were surrounded Surrounding by Japanese forces Causation , took Conquering heavy losses Earnings_and_losses , and barely escaped Escaping with assistance from a U.S. Navy destroyer and landing Motion craft manned by U.S. Coast Guard personnel .

`` Kuma '' was being escorted Patrolling by the destroyer about north-west of Penang , Malaya .

The destroyer `` Uranami '' counterattacked Defending with 18 depth charges , but all missed the submarine .

The obsolete destroyer , accompanied by 18 smaller craft , crossed Motion_directional the English Channel to the Atlantic coast of France and was rammed Self_motion into the Normandie dock gates .

He had also named Name_conferral the operation `` Retribution '' in recognition of the losses that his destroyer forces had endured during the German occupations of Greece and Crete .

It was fought Hostile_encounter between a British Royal Navy destroyer flotilla and a `` Kriegsmarine '' force Military_operation of two corvettes and a destroyer .

It was fought Hostile_encounter between a British Royal Navy destroyer flotilla and a `` Kriegsmarine '' force Military_operation of two corvettes and a destroyer .

On 9 February 1945 , a force of Allied Bristol Beaufighter aircraft suffered Bodily_harm many losses Earnings_and_losses , during an attack Attack on the German destroyer `` Z33 '' and its escorting Patrolling vessels ; the operation was called Name_conferral `` 'Black Friday ' '' by the Allied survivors .

In the final phase the withdrawing British ships were attacked Attack on 27 May by aircraft of the `` Luftwaffe '' , resulting in Causation the loss Earnings_and_losses of the destroyer .

SAS elements , then embarked on HMS `` Hermes '' , were tasked Request with eliminating the airfield , with naval support from the Type 22 frigate HMS `` Broadsword '' as `` Hermes '' defensive escort and the County class destroyer HMS `` Glamorgan '' to provide naval gunfire support with its Mark 6 4.5 inch guns .

While India suffered Bodily_harm no losses , Pakistan lost Earnings_and_losses a minesweeper , a destroyer , a cargo vessel carrying Carry_goods ammunition , and fuel storage Preserving tanks in Karachi .

Another destroyer was also badly damaged Damaging and eventually scrapped Destroying .

Two days later , Japanese aircraft sank Motion_directional a US destroyer near Guadalcanal .

at a cost Cost of one destroyer sunk and three damaged Damaging , the japanese evacuated Emptying unk men from guadalcanal .

By 1964 , there were 23,000 US advisors in South Vietnam during the Gulf of Tonkin incident , in which a U.S. destroyer was alleged to have clashed with North Vietnamese fast attack craft .