On 13 April 1940, a Swordfish launched from spotted fall of shot and radioed gunnery corrections back to the ship during the Second Battle of Narvik. A total of eight German destroyers were sunk or scuttled, without any losses experienced on the British side. The was also spotted by the Swordfish which performed a dive-bombing attack upon it, scoring a direct hit and quickly sinking the submarine; this was the first U-boat to be destroyed by a FAA aircraft in the war.