The description of the ship and her record were so-so. Winton has gone into the tension between the last captain, a submariner with vague ideas regarding the proper use of the ship's airstrike capacity, and the air component of his crew. he believes that it may have had something to do with the eventual loss of the ship. It seems very likely to me and certainly adds interest to the book.

The loss of the Glorious was a major "Ooops!" of the RN in WWII, but given the state of inter-ship and Ship-London-Scapa-ship communications links in those days... possible. The escorting anti-submarine, as the escorting forces at Leyte Gulf/Samar, did their very best, but less successfully. ( )