U jedinom ratnom dejstvu posle Drugog svetskog rata Recna ratna flotila je pretrpela gubitak. Na osnovu informacije da se sa cehoslovackog broda Šaraš istovara krijumcareno oružje u Kopackom ritu, nedaleko od Apatina, bojni brod “minolovac 308” upucen je da ga silom oružja odvoji od obale. Minolovac je upao u zasedu i kako je brod na reci laka meta, pogoden je iz rucnih bacaca “ambrust” i “zolja”. Tom prilikom stradali su zastavnici prve klase Lampret Kristijan i Markovic Stevan, dok komandanta Zorana Markovica ranjava snajperista. Iako ozbiljno ranjen, uspeo je da uz pomoc nekoliko prisebnih mornara nasuce brod na obalu i spase posadu i brod od potapanja. To se dogodilo 8. novembra 1991. godine, u vreme dok je Dunav do Bezdana još bio jugoslovenski unutrašnji plovni put.

River navy suffered loss in its’ only action after the Second World War. Naval ship “mineviper 308  was sent to remove chekoslovakian ship Saras which which was allegedly loading of smuggled weapons in Kopacki rit, close to Apatin. Minolovas felt in the ambush and being an easy target was hit by hand granades Ambrust and “zolja”.  During this action two  Lampert Kristian and Markovic Stevan were killed while the comender Zoran Markovic was wounded by a sniper.  Although serioulsy wounded he managed to reach the river bank by help of couple of his staff and save the crew and ship from sinking. All this ahppend on Novemebr 8, 19991 while Danube up to Bezdan was still internal yugoslav river.