Carrier Glorious: The Life and Death of an Aircraft Carrier

by John Winton

Book Overview

The engrossing but tragic history of the Royal Navy's worst loss of World War Two.

Ideal for readers of Jonathan Dimbleby, Max Hastings and Craig L. Symonds.

On 8th June 1940, the British aircraft carrier HMS Glorious and her two destroyer escorts HMS Ardent and Acasta were sighted by the German battle cruiser Scharnhorst and her sister ship Gneisenau. In a brutal gun battle that lasted...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1800554176
• ISBN13: 9781800554177
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Sapere Books
• Length: 420 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"