German torpedo boats shelled Dunkirk in 1917 while Lord Clive was nearby. She tried to engage them in darkness and fired several rounds from her six-inch guns. The shooting had little apparent effect beyond alarming people nearby. The brief clash shows the limits of using a six-and-a-half-knot bombardment monitor against small, fleeting targets at night, even after adding defensive guns.
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Lord Clive attempts a night engagement off Dunkirk
When German torpedo boats bombarded Dunkirk in 1917, the slow monitor tried to answer with its six-inch guns in darkness but achieved little effect.