HMS Glorious, 1940: Scharnhorst & Gneisenau Ambush an Aircraft Carrier

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As part of the Norwegian Campaign in 1940, the Germans launched Operation Juno. It saw German forces embarking into the Norwegian Sea. Intent on reclaiming Narvik and ousting Allied presence from northern Norway. While patrolling the coastline, the ships Gneisenau and Scharnhorst stumbled upon the British Aircraft Carrier HMS Glorious, on its way to Scapa Flow to evacuate Narvik...
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@wacherwicht1810

Not a problem, but you wrote "Schlachtschiffe" beneath the name of each battleship. That is the plural, impliing that there were multiple BBs with each symbol. The singular version would be "Schlachtschiff". So without the "e" on the end. Again, no problem, just a comment I wanted to leave.

@dulio12385

This battle sounds like the closing stages of a World of Warships match, when its the carrier's turn to get plastered.

@TallDude73

I'm surprised the carrier didn't have scout planes aloft, or a CAP. That's the big advantage the carrier has - view beyond the horizon. It just seemed like a bunch of dysfunctional newbies. Maybe it was early in the war...

@DanielWW2

Its not really surprising that Scharnhorst and Gneisenau where on target fast, accurate out to long range and where not really hindered by the smoke screens, when you know that both had functional multi purpose radar systems that could be used for both searching and gunnery. Something no other navy possessed in 1940. Those systems are also very poorly understood and often downplayed without any serious supporting argumentation. There is a lot, and I mean a lot of utter nonsense written and claimed about German radar systems.

@ctid98

There was a documentary back in the 80's or 90's that stated D'Oyly-Hughes left Norway earlier because he wanted to court martial the head of his air groups who kept trying to tell him how to run a carrier which he had no idea about never having flown, so he told the Admiralty he was low on fuel so he could leave early. Having no cap or air recon on the day seems to reinforce that idea and the fact the official reports on this remain sealed only adds to it.

@itstitanictime2002 Күн бұрын

A good reason why the 2 German Battleships didn't stop to pick up survivors is that in the autumn of 1939. The Scharnhorst twins fought a Passenger Liner-turned-Warship Rwaralpindi, sank her and stopped to pick up survivors but then a Task Force of ships consisting o Hood, Nelson, Rodney, and the French Battleship Dunkirk chased them and the German battleships barely got away thanks to worsening weather.

@BatMan-oe2gh

The Brits were a bit arrogant in the early days of the war. Why the Carrier and Destroyers were not at battle stations heading home to be prepared for anything is beyond stupidity. Atsa minimum they should have had air patrols up, steaming at full speed, and plenty of lookouts, and the Swordfish armed and ready to go.

@sonnyjim5268

Pure incompetence to allow a carrier to travel without proper escorts. At a minimum, CAPs should have been up.

@elennapointer701

I'm still astonished to this day that D'Oyly-Hughes didn't have any planes in the air. He could have shoved the land planes overboard (the men were the important cargo) and flown spotter planes. But he did nothing, and blundered into the ambush blind. He should never have been commanding a carrier because he seems not to have understood how to do it.

@TomG1555

My understanding is that the officers and crew of HMS Acasta and their valiant last stand (and subsequent loss of most of their complement) were not honored and largely ignored by the Royal Navy, even after the war, probably in part from a reluctance to draw attention to a defeat that was compounded by a number of errors which should not have happened on the part of the RN.

@iankingsleys2818

One nearby British warship heard Glorious' cries for help, HMS Devonshire an 8" heavy Cruiser. She was only 50 miles away but as she was carrying the King and Crown Prince of Norway and was under command to observe strict radio silence, there was little she could do

@danielsantiagourtado3430

These naval battles are amazing! Thanks For this

@torgothegrey3567

Her captain, had he survived, would have undoubtedly been court martialed and found guilty of incompetence. He had no CAP up, nobody in the crows nest and even the survivors disliked him, and the Germans were shocked she had no CAP flying. Scharnhorst is tied with HMS Warspite as scoring the longest ranged hit by two naval ships at around 26,400yds/24,140M with her third salvo in this battle.