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HMS Glorious Lost

Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1940

Guy D'Oyly-Hughes8 June 1940

Norwegian Sea · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Commands HMS Glorious when German battlecruisers sink the carrier.

Names involved

Guy D'Oyly-Hughes

Provenance

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