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The best Glorious v the 'Twins' option - IMO - is with a different Captain, it is still with the Ark Royal, and they all head back to base together. Forward recon., and anti-sub duties shared between aircraft of both carriers. The Twins are spotted, fortunately not on a converging course - Allied ships left too early for that. The Twins, were hoping to catch convoys going to, not evacuating from.
The attack could be a mixed bag, I think there were some Skuas still left - take off last, even some Glad's (depending on the range) that could act as a distraction, and of course the Swordfish available from both carriers.
With a cruiser or two and destroyers available to attack anything crippled.
Seems, more plausible than OTL.
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