Key Points and Summary - In a rare World War II naval upset, two German battleships, the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, ambushed and sank the British aircraft carrier HMS Glorious in 1940. -The disaster ...

This is a short note in memory of my uncle (Dominick John Logue) and the men that died with him between 9th and 10th June 1940 on HMS Glorious, I have searched this site for a mention of this event ...

During World War II many Maltese lives were affected by events that were to unfold as the war progressed. A huge shockwave hit Malta on June 8, 1940 with the news that the aircraft carrier HMS ...

THE wartime career of HMS Glorious was anything but glorious - its guns were so powerful that they almost shook the ship to bits. THE wartime career of HMS Glorious was anything but glorious - its ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Only extraordinary circumstances—particularly the lack of Combat Air Patrol—made the ambush of the Glorious possible by two large capital ships on a clear day. Only ...

Looking onto the beauty of the Grand Harbour, one can imagine how relatives felt on seeing the majestic entrance HMS Glorious must have made as it made its way past the breakwater to its berthing ...

Chief Petty Officer Norman Nation R.N. and Alan Nation R.N. My uncle was a Chief Petty Officer on HMS Prince of Wales. "PoW" and "HMS Repulse" were sunk by the Japanese airforce as the two great ...

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Chief Petty Officer Norman Nation R.N. and Alan Nation R.N. My uncle was a Chief Petty Officer on HMS Prince of Wales. "PoW" and "HMS Repulse" were sunk by the Japanese airforce as the two great ...