Shipboard air-defense improvisation had uncertain results

Were aircraft ever shot down by Blowpipe missiles fired from ships?

No confirmed shipboard Blowpipe kill is identified, although the weapon could theoretically be used that way and ships' exhaust smoke posed a separate danger to low-flying aircraft.

No confirmed case is given of a Blowpipe missile fired from a ship shooting down an aircraft, although the shoulder-fired weapon could theoretically be used from a deck. A different shipboard hazard appears in the same discussion: aircraft flying low over accelerating warships could encounter a sudden increase in black exhaust smoke. In one recalled exercise, the smoke contributed to an aircraft going into the sea, after which the destroyer rescued the pilot.