On June 8, 1940, 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 ...

Two photo albums previously unseen show HMS Glorious, a First World War battlecruiser that was repurposed as an aircraft carrier and sunk during the evacuation of Norway in June 1940, on patrol ...

For a picture of "Glorious" and a detailed account of one of the Navy's most dreadful WW2 disasters, paid for by the loss of 3 ships, many aircraft and over 1500 men, see the website "Loss of HMS ...

The Glorious first saw action in World War II providing air cover for the Allied ... message which was picked up by the heavy cruiser HMS Devonshire thirty to fifty miles away.

During World War II many Maltese lives were affected by ... 1940 with the news that the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious had been sunk with a huge loss of life. Many Maltese ratings were among ...

Even as she was modernized to World War II standards, it was a controversial decision to employ the smaller 15-inch guns – especially as the ten U.S. Navy modern battleships, as well as the HMS ...

For a picture of "Glorious" and a detailed account of one of the Navy's most dreadful WW2 disasters, paid for by the loss of 3 ships, many aircraft and over 1500 men, see the website "Loss of HMS ...