while sailing through the norwegian sea, the carrier and her two escorts, the destroyers and , were intercepted by the german battleships and . the carrier and her escorts were sunk in two hours, roughly west of harstad, with the loss of 1,519 men; there were only 45 survivors. the single survivor from "acasta" was rescued by the norwegian steam merchant "borgund" which also saved 38 men from one of "glorious"' lifeboats. all 39 men saved by "borgund" were set ashore at tórshavn in the faroe islands on 14 june.