sentences:  Forbes served in the Second World War as Commander-in-Chief Home Fleet, in which role he transferred his flag to the battleship in December 1939.His fleet suffered heavy losses including the aircraft carrier and nine destroyers during the Norwegian Campaign in Spring 1940.He was on board HMS "Rodney" when she came under air attack and was hit by a 500 kg (1,103 lb) bomb that pierced the armoured deck on 9 April 1940.