How German Battleships Defeated a British Aircraft Carrier in 1940 At 4 p.m. on June 8, 1940, the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious was cruising west across the Norwegian Sea towards the British naval ...

HMS Glorious and her two escort destroyers, Ardent and Acasta, broke away from the main British carrier squadron during the evacuation of Allied forces from Norway. Sailing alone across the hostile ...