"scharnhorst"s salvoes hit "glorious" at 16:32, before her torpedo-bombers could be launched. "scharnhorst"s second salvo, at 16:38, struck "glorious" at the extreme range of , one of the longest range hits ever recorded. a "gneisenau" salvo subsequently hit the bridge. the destroyers had started to lay smoke to protect "glorious" and themselves. "ardent" and "acasta" made continual attempts to launch torpedoes at the german ships. at about 17:39, "scharnhorst" was hit by one of four torpedoes launched by "acasta". fifty sailors were killed, of water flooded into her and her aft turret was put out of action. "ardent" was sunk at around 17:20 having made seven attacks with torpedoes.