Shortly after 9am on April 8th 1940, the British destroyer HMS Glowworm rammed the 18,000 ton German Heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper. It was the climax of a running battle that developed after a single British destroyer inadvertently stumbled into the middle of a full scale German invasion of Norway. This is the story of a fight to the end against overwhelming odds, and a tale of gallantry that was only recognised in the most extraordinary of circumstances.
