Lord Cork and the avoidable failure in Norway

Which naval commander offers a particularly strong example of disastrous command?

Lord Cork is selected because the Allies should not have lost Norway given their apparent advantages, making the campaign a severe command failure.

The answer declines to choose Beatty and instead points to Lord Cork during the Norwegian campaign. Norway's geography and the relative forces available should have given Allied naval power important advantages. Losing the campaign despite that position is treated as evidence of command and coordination failure rather than unavoidable material inferiority. The choice directs viewers toward the gap between the Royal Navy's strength on paper and its confused employment in a joint operation.