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[[Image:HMS Glowworm.jpg|left|thumb|300px|''HMS Glowworm'' in early days]] | |||
In scouting the situation in Norway, the [[G-class (U.K. destroyer)|G-class]] fleet destroyer '''''HMS Glowworm''''', on April 8, 1940, came out of a rain squall and confronted a German heavy cruiser, ''Admiral von Hipper''. Glowworm tried to hit with guns and torpedoes, but did little damage while suffering much. Glowworm's captain, LCDR [[Gerard Roope]], ordered his sinking ship to ram, doing heavy damage to Hipper. | |||
Hipper, badly damaged, made a valiant effort to rescue survivors, but many, exhausted in the frigid waters, were lost, including LCDR Roope. CAPT Helmuth Heye of the ''Hipper'' sent the British, through International Red Cross recommending Roope for the Victoria Cross. When the story was confirmed by the repatriated surviving British officer on 10th July 1945, the VC was posted on 6th July 1945. <ref>{{citation | |||
| http://www.historyofwar.org/scripts/fluffy/fcp.pl?words=Glowworm&submit=Site+Search&d=/weapons_HMSGlowworm.html | |||
| title = HMS Glowworm | |||
| publisher = History of War. Org}}</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 18:14, 26 August 2010
In scouting the situation in Norway, the G-class fleet destroyer HMS Glowworm, on April 8, 1940, came out of a rain squall and confronted a German heavy cruiser, Admiral von Hipper. Glowworm tried to hit with guns and torpedoes, but did little damage while suffering much. Glowworm's captain, LCDR Gerard Roope, ordered his sinking ship to ram, doing heavy damage to Hipper.
Hipper, badly damaged, made a valiant effort to rescue survivors, but many, exhausted in the frigid waters, were lost, including LCDR Roope. CAPT Helmuth Heye of the Hipper sent the British, through International Red Cross recommending Roope for the Victoria Cross. When the story was confirmed by the repatriated surviving British officer on 10th July 1945, the VC was posted on 6th July 1945. [1]
References
- ↑ HMS Glowworm, History of War. Org