If the Captain of HMS Glorious did not go down with his ship, he should have been keel-hawled and hung from the yard arm. There is no excuse for what happened. The Captain abandoned his duty station so that he could personally participate in the courts martial of one of his senior officers for insubordination. No CAP was sent up despise the fact that it was a cloudless summer day with calm seas. More inexcusable was the fact that RN knew the course plotted to return to England was in an Area frequented by German capital ships. No radio alert was sent meaning those who survived the battle drown afterwards.

Worse, was the freak gunnery skills of the German Sailours who landed an 11" (275mm) on the flight deck f-i-f-t-e-e-n miles out which prevented any counter-attack by HMS Glorious' from the flight line. The German crews sent a world's record on successfully hitting a moving target at sea!!! The Captains of the two attached DDs attempted to lay smoke screens but were blown out of the water doing so. 1, 500 British Tars died to that a vain-glorious commander could o take joy destroying the career of one of his underlings!!! The only other act of stupidity which comes close this was the loss of the HAMS Sydney II (CL) to the Q-Ship Kommoran