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Did Tribal destroyers encounter Japanese kamikazes?

Tribals served in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia without suffering a kamikaze hit, while few such attacks reached Malaya by then.

Question

Did Tribal-class destroyers encounter Japanese kamikaze attacks?

Short answer

They operated in the region, but none was hit, and relatively few kamikaze attacks were directed toward Malaya by then.

Notes

Tribal-class destroyers served in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asian theatre late enough to encounter the kamikaze threat. None of the ships was hit by a kamikaze. By the time they operated around Malaya, relatively few attacks were being directed into that area. Their regional service therefore included the threat without producing a recorded hit on a Tribal.