On the afternoon of Monday 10th June, five men from Glorious were rescued by the Norwegian ship Svalbard II, which was forced to return by German forces. One man subsequently died, leaving the remaining four to become POWs.
They were: Ernest Blackwell, Norman Pike, Joseph Brown and William Tabb.
In the late hours of Monday 10th and early hours of Tuesday 11th June, a further 37 men (35 Glorious & 2 Acasta) were rescued by the Norwegian ship Borgund, which had sailed from Tromso on June 8th en route to the Faroes.
Of these, one man died on board and a further two died in hospital following arrival at the Faroes.
Finally on June 13th, two men from Ardent were rescued by German seaplane and became POWs. One man subsequently died in hospital in Oslo the following week, leaving Roger Hooke as the sole survivor of HMS Ardent.
Below is the list of men who survived:
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Ignatius Ashworth
Eric Baldwin
Fred Bastow
Ernest Blackwell
Joseph Brown
Cyril Carter
Frederick Cooke
Kenneth Cleave
Kenneth Cross
Vernon.H. Day
Henry A.Donnan
John Alexander Duffy
Ronald George Dowle
Charles Reginald Etheridge
George William Elliott
George Russell Fern
Ronald Healiss
Rupert C. Hill
Cyril Hobbs
Roger Hooke
Pat Jamieson
Richard Thomas Leggott
Arthur Lidstone
Martin McPherson Mackie
Ian Murray MacLachlan
Vernon Robert McBride
M. McGuigan
John Millington
Andrew Niccolls
James O'Neill
William Alfred Pascoe
William Edward Phillips
Norman Pike
John Russell
William Smith
G. Spencer
Ernest William Stephens
William Thomas Tabb
Fred Thornton
Robert A.A Wootton
