Pasina nguva pashure pe10: 00, Lütjens akarayira Prinz Eugen kuti aende shure kweBismarck kuti aone kuoma kwekurasika kwemafuta kubva kumusoro. Mushure mekusimbisa "nzizi huru dzemafuta pamativi ese e[Bismarck's] wake", Prinz Eugen akadzokera kunzvimbo yekumberi. Inenge awa imwe gare gare, Ram Sunderland yakashuma kubhururuka kwechikepe cheBritish Revenge kuSuffolk neNorfolk. Makumi maviri emafuta cruisers akabatanidzwa nePrince of Wales's Wake Up Fleet akabatana neOld TKM, iyo yaive yekuparadzanisa Prinz Eugen kune zvekutengeserana kurwisa uye kuenda kuSaint-Nazaire kunogadzirisa.
akabudirira kuputsa radar kuonana ndokudzokera shure kwake vanomutevera