HMS Glorious - Wikipedia
Scharnhorst switched her fire to Glorious at 16:32 and scored her first hit six minutes later on her third salvo, at a range of 26,000 yards (24,000 m), (or 15 miles), when one 28.3-centimetre (11.1 in) hit the forward flight deck and burst in the upper hangar, starting a large fire.
The Sinking of the HMS Glorious Was One Of England's Worst …
2022年11月9日 · Questions linger over what really happened when two German battle cruisers sank the British carrier HMS Glorious and its escorts in 1940.
HMS Glorious: History of a Sinking and a Controversy
2015年6月8日 · Late in the afternoon of June 8th, 1940, the Royal Navy suffered one of its most devastating defeats of the Second World War. HMS Glorious, one of Britain's largest and fastest aircraft carriers, was sunk along with her escorting destroyers HMS Ardent and HMS Acasta.
The Tragedy of H.M.S. Glorious - TracesOfWar.com
About an hour after the enemy ships had first been sighted, a salvo hit the bridge of the Glorious, and further heavy hits were sustained about 15 minutes later. Soon after this the order was given to abandon ship, and she sank with a heavy list to starboard about 17.40.
H.M.S. Glorious » Dunkirk 1940 - The Before, The Reality, The …
HMS Glorious sank at around 6:10pm. As the German ships approached Glorious, the destroyer Acasta, which had been trying to maintain the smokescreen, broke through her own smoke and fired two volleys of torpedoes at Scharnhorst. One of these hit the battleship at 5:34 abreast her rear turret and badly damaged her.
Scharnhorst And Gneisenau Sinking The Aircraft Carrier HMS Glorious
2023年11月2日 · On 8 June 1940, HMS Glorious and her escort destroyers, HMS Acasta and HMS Ardent, were intercepted in the North Sea by the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. Despite valiant defensive efforts by the British ships, they were outgunned by the superior firepower of the German warships.
HMS Glorious - WikiMili, The Best Wikipedia Reader
2024年10月23日 · HMS Glorious was the second of the three Courageous-class battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. Designed to support the Baltic Project championed by the First Sea Lord, Lord Fisher, they were relatively lightly armed and armoured. Glorious was completed in late 1916 and.
The Sinking of HMS Glorious – Evacuation From Norway 1940
2004年12月10日 · Unable to escape or fly off any aircraft, Glorious was doomed, and by superb German gunnery she was hit, rapidly and repeatedly and set on fire, while her escorting destroyers (HM Ships Ardent and Acasta) desperately tried to shield her with smoke screens and suicidal torpedo attacks.
HMS Glorious in the Great War - The Wartime Memories Project
HMS Glorious was the second of the Courageous-class battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. Designed to support the Baltic Project championed by the First Sea Lord, Lord Fisher, they were very lightly armoured and armed with only a few heavy guns.
HMS Glorious - HistoryOfWar.org
Glorious was hit by Scharnhorst's third salvo at 1638, which penetrated the flight deck and exploded in the upper hanger starting a large fire which disrupted the attempts to get some aircraft airborne. Splinters damaged the boiler casing and smoke entered the air intakes, causing a temporary loss of steam pressure.
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