Glorious with six destroyers, impact on S&G?

The RN committed 21 destroyers to the Norway campaign. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_Campaign_order_of_battle

Glorious had only two, Ardent and Acasta, both of which were among the smallest and oldest destroyers deployed by the RN in Norway.

How does the engagement change if Glorious had six destroyers, including two of the larger Tribal class (Eskimo and Cossack)? No other changes in aircraft deployment or carrier ops.

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I would have to think that faced with six of the RN's suicidally aggressive destroyer captains, S&G would be smart to turn and run. As it was, the German commander was disciplined for attacking Glorious due to the torpedo damage incurred and spent ammunition.
 
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Does Glorious detect S&G earlier and avoid them? Maybe, but it seems likely that she'll still come under fire, with a good change of taking early hits like OTL. But with more destroyers, the smokescreen will be more effective and S&G may have to turn away to comb torpedoes sooner, so there's a decent chance of Glorious getting away before she is slowed but still crippled by hangar hits.
 
There would be a lot of threads about what would have happened if Scharnhorst and Gneisenau had pressed home their attack on the Glorious.

If Marschall had still attacked (perhaps his lookouts didn't spot all of the destroyers) then its likely that both his ships would have been sunk outright or so badly damaged that they would have been caught and sunk by British reinforcements before they could reach safety.

If Marschall had turned back in time to avoid the OTL torpedoing of Scharnhorst then there is a much earlier Operation Berlin. They go out with Hipper in November or Scheer in October and after arriving at Brest 2 or 3 months earlier may be repaired in time to support Bismarck and Prinz Eugen in Operation Rheinübung.
 
Does Glorious detect S&G earlier and avoid them?
No, since the six destroyers would be spread around the carrier for ASW.
But with more destroyers, the smokescreen will be more effective and S&G may have to turn away to comb torpedoes sooner, so there's a decent chance of Glorious getting away before she is slowed but still crippled by hangar hits.
Six of these will put up a strong smokescreen.

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