 11 of the crew were taken aboard as prisoners of war.On 27 October 1944, "Chariots" carried into action by "Trenchant" sank a Japanese Army cargo ship, the "Sumatra Maru" in Phuket harbour, Siam.Her most significant action during the war was on 8 June 1945, when she sank the Japanese cruiser "Ashigara" at a range of 4,000 yards with five out of eight torpedoes fired.