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Acasta prooved to be a tough opponent for the larger German ships, laying smoke to hide Glorious and making repeated Torpedo and Gun attacks. She scored several gun hits and one torpedo hit on Scharnhorst, causing severe damage to the much larger German vessel. Acasta was finally sunk after roughly two hours of fighting; the battle flag of the Gneiseau was lowered to half mast and her crew brought to attention to honour the brave fight of the Acasta and her crew. The damage to the German vessels caused by Ardent and Acasta caused them to retire to Trondheim , allowing the safe passage of Convoys Carrying Allied Troops from Norway . Although many of her crew survived to abandon the ship, due to communication errors the British were initially unaware of the sinking. In the end there was only a single survivor from Acasta; estimates place the number of sailors from Ardent, Acasta and Glorious lost to exposure at up to 800. For other Royal Navy ships named HMS Ardent, see the Disambiguation Page . EXTERNAL LINKS
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