Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Pa 10:10, Lieutenant Commander Gerard Broadmead Roope akapfura torpedo shanu kubva kune imwe yakasimudzwa pamamita 800 (870 yd), asi vese vakakundikana nekuti Captain Hellmuth Heye akachengeta uta hwaHipper hwakarongedza Glowworm muhondo yese kudzikisira njodzi yake kubva kumatorpedo. Mudzvinyiriri akadzokera shure kuburikidza nechidzitiro chake cheutsi kuti awane nguva yekugadzira chikwata chake chechipiri che torpedo kushanda, asi Heye akatevera Glowworm kuburikidza neutsi kuti apedze iye asati apfura mamwe ose e torpedo. Ngarava mbiri dzacho dzakanga dziri pedyo zvikuru apo Hipper akabuda muutsi uye Roope akarayira kutendeuka kwakasimba kurutivi rworudyi kuti kuderedze nzvimbo uye zvichida kurova cruiser. Hipper akanga anononoka kupindura chityaira chake uye Glowworm akarova ngarava yacho ichingopinda pachitsigiso. Kurwisana kwakatyora Glowworm's bow uye zvimwe zvose zvengarava zvakaputika padivi raHipper, zvichivhura maburi akati wandei muchivako chechipiri uye zvichiparadza torpedo yake yepamberi yepamberi. Mumwe mufambisi wengarava wechiGermany akadonhedzwa nechikepe nokurovera. Hipper yakatora matani 500 emvura isati yaburitswa, asi haina kukuvara zvakanyanya. Glowworm yakanga ichipfuta apo yakafamba yakachena uye mabhodhoro ayo akaputika pa10: 24, achitora 109 yevashandi vake naye. Admiral Hipper akafamba kuti anunure murume wake kunze kwebhodhi uye vapukunyuki veGlowworm. Muchengeti wengarava weGermany haana kuwanwa, asi vafambisi vengarava 40 veBritain vakawanwa, kunyange zvazvo vanenge vatanhatu gare gare vakafa nokuda kwamaronda avo. Mutevedzeri Ramsay, mukuru mukuru akapona, akaudza vanunuri vake kuti hapana chityaira kana kuti rudder yekukurumidzira yakanga isina munhu apo ngarava dzakapesana saka kutendeuka kwedutu kune Hipper kwakanga kuri netsaona. Nhoroondo dzeGermany dzinongodudza zvombo zvina zvomugungwa zvakapfurwa neGlowworm, asi nhoroondo dzeBritain dzinoti zvose gumi zvakapfurwa. Izvi zvakasimbiswa nouchapupu hwemifananidzo yakatorwa pashure pokurwisana kwacho ichiratidza kuti zvigubhu zvayo zvose zve torpedo zvakanga zvisina chinhu. Roope, uyo akanyura apo akanga asisakwanisi kubatisisa tambo paakanga achidhonzwa kumusoro parutivi rwomudziyo, akapiwa posthumously Victoria Cross, nokudaro achiva VC wokutanga...  Mubvunzo: Maererano nevaGermany, matorpedo mangani akadzingwa?
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