Smoke screens could save convoys and isolate a destroyer

What were some notable uses of smoke screens in combat?

Destroyers often screened convoys and retreats, but a sufficiently dense screen could also leave only the lead escort able to fight.

Smoke was a routine destroyer tool rather than an unusual trick. In convoy battles, escorts used it to hide merchant ships from a stronger surface attacker and help them escape. One Mediterranean example became effectively a solo destroyer action because the screen also prevented the other escorts from seeing the Italian battleship. The episode shows both the protective value and the coordination cost of deliberately obscuring the battlefield.