18 of boilers were in use, so she could not develop full speed [from to ] as fast as was required. D'Oyly-Hughes failed to launch aircraft for a Combat Air Patrol around the carrier group, reportedly to give the aircrews a rest. The previous commander always had some aircraft in the air. Had he done so, Glorious might have been able to spot incoming threats or have been able to either turn and run or fight. No aircraft were even on the deck for a quick launch. In her hangars were ten Hurricanes and ten Gladiators from the RAF, her nine Sea Gladiators and five Swordfish. While sailing through the Norwegian Sea, the carrier and Acasta and Ardent were intercepted by the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. The carrier and her escorts were sunk in two hours, roughly west of Harstad, with the loss of 1,519 men; there were only 45 survivors. The survivor from Acasta was rescued by the Norwegian steam merchant ship Borgund which also saved 38 men from one of Glorious''' lifeboats. All 39 men saved by Borgund were set ashore at Tórshavn in the Faroe Islands on 14 June.Scharnhorsts salvoes hit Glorious at 16:32, before the latter's torpedo-bombers could be launched. Scharnhorsts second salvo, at 16:38, struck Glorious at the extreme range of , one of the longest range hits recorded. A salvo from Gneisenau subsequently hit the bridge. The destroyers had started to lay smoke to protect Glorious and themselves. Ardent and Acasta made continual attempts to launch torpedoes at the German ships. At about 17:39, Scharnhorst was hit by one of four torpedoes launched by Acasta. Fifty sailors were killed, of water flooded into her and her aft turret was put out of action.Ardent was sunk at around 17:20 having made seven attacks with torpedoes. The approximate sinking position based on last transmission from Glorious is . Marschall, aboard Gneisenau, ordered Scharnhorst to cease fire and wasting ammunition on Glorious. At this point, Gneisenau was closer to Glorious than Scharnhorst. AftermathScharnhorst and Gneisenau made for Trondheim for repairs. Due to their exposed position they were not able to stop to rescue survivors of any of the ships. On 13 June, 15 Fleet Air Arm Blackburn Skua bombers from Ark Royal attacked Scharnhorst in harbour. One bomb struck her for the loss of eight Skuas. The Skua was withdrawn from operations in 1941 and retired