Warships that fought far above their apparent weight

Which warships, besides Warspite and the Tribals, fought with exceptional aggression when another ship was threatened?

Examples include Renown pursuing Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, American destroyers with Taffy 3, and motor torpedo or gun boats in the Pacific and English Channel.

HMS Renown's pursuit of Scharnhorst and Gneisenau is one example of a warship responding with exceptional aggression. American destroyers, including those with Taffy 3, provide others. An unidentified motor gunboat is recalled attacking a group of E-boats returning after sinking a merchant ship and damaging one of its sister boats. The recollection has it driving through the middle of the group and destroying the boats. A routine submarine attack inside a convoy falls outside the question's emphasis on a fierce response to harm done to other ships.