a main armament drill at the time of the sinking, plus testimony from veterans of her crew to the documentary crew all suggested thatGlorious'message may not have been so corrupted after all. Thus, questions began to be raised over whether the crews ofGloriousand her escorts had in some res...
Indeed at the end of 1940 whilst returning from escorting Convoy HX86, Captain Blackburn took HMS Voltaire to the site of the sinking of HMS Jervis Bay on his way back to Halifax, Nova Scotia. He brought the Voltaire to a dead slow and he ordered a rifle volley salute to his former sh...