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On 8 April 1940 Glowworm encountered German destroyers transporting troops to invade Norway in Operation Weserübung. The destroyers attempted to disengage while calling for help from the heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper. Glowworm was heavily damaged by Admiral Hipper, but still attempted to torpedo the German ship. The two ships collided, which broke the bow off Glowworm, and she sank shortly afterwards.
Glowworm's commanding officer, Lieutenant Commander Roope, who drowned when he could no longer hang on to a rope whilst being pulled up the side of the cruiser, was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross, thus becoming the first VC recipient of the Second World War.
Actually, the entire encounter was a heck of a fight, the skipper of the Admiral Hipper never allowed the Glowworm a chance to fully engage because he kept the Hipper's bow directed at the destroyer during most of the fight.She rammed it??????
Yep, they had these and more. The Kayaba aircraft seen above are trainers.Holy 163, Batman, was not aware of a Japanese version. Off to Google that.
Geo
That's usually the way it works...the douchebags always have the badass cars.Man, that guy just looks like an azzwhole!