On June 8, 1940, the British aircraft carrier HMS Glorious and its two escort destroyers were ambushed by the German battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in the Norwegian Sea.
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On June 8, 1940, the HMS Glorious, along with its two escort destroyers, encountered the German battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in the Norwegian Sea, leading to one of World War II's most controversial naval battles. This incident is notable for being perhaps the only time battleships directly destroyed an aircraft carrier.