Show British II Admit Five Ships Lost in Narvik Battle LONDON June 10 UP The UP-The The admiralty Monday announced announced announced an an- one of the most severe losses of the war war the the presumed presumed presumed pre pre- sinking o of the ton aircraft carrier Glorious and an escort of two destroyers the transport Orama and the tanker Oil Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer-a. a total of tons of shipping The German high command asserted asserted asserted as- as Sunday that the Glorious and its escort vessels had been sunk in naval action off Norway in which the German battleships Gneisenau and participated participated Heavy Blow to Navy The admiralty which admiralty which Sunday said merely It had been beep advised of operations in the Norwegian area Monday area Monday said that as no noI I further information has been re reI received received re- re I regarding the naval operations operations opera opera- in connection with the withdrawal withdrawal with with- I I of our forces referred to in yesterdays yesterday's admiralty com com- and as up to the pres present nt it has not been found possible to establish communications with certain ships they must be presumed presumed presumed pre pre- I lost The losses were the worst Britain had suffered in any single naval engagement of the war It was presumed that the action resulted from the allied withdrawal from Narvik Casualties Undetermined It was not certain how many casualties were suffered The Glorious if carrying full R RAF A F personnel would have 1216 men aboard The two destroyers of 1350 tons each carry normally officers and men The number aboard the ton Orama was not known but the admiralty said it was not carrying any troops The oil Pioneer Pioneer Pio Pio- neer was a vessel of tons Its crew was not indicated The Glorious was a sister ship of ot the ill-fated ill Courageous which went down when hit by a German torpedo on September 17 1939 The admiralty pointed out that thata a German states there were several hundred survivors survivors survivors sur sur- f from om our ships |