Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Pashure pokurwisana, Lütjens akati, "Battlecruiser, zvichida Hood, yakanyura. Imwe ngarava yehondo, King George V kana kuti Renown, yakadzokera yakakuvadzwa. Ngarava mbiri dzinorema dzinoramba dzichikurukura". Pana 08:01, akatumira mushumo wokukuvara uye vavariro dzake kuOKM, idzo dzakanga dziri dzokubvisa Prinz Eugen nokuda kwokupamba zvokutengeserana ndokuenda kuSaint-Nazaire nokuda kwokugadzirisa. Nokukurumidza pashure pa10: 00, Lütjens akarayira Prinz Eugen kudonha shure kweBismarck kuti aone ukuru hwokubuda kwemafuta kubva pakurohwa nechigadziko. Pashure pokusimbisa "nzizi huru dzamafuta kumativi ose ari maviri enzira [yaBismarck]", Prinz Eugen akadzokera kunzvimbo yokumberi. Anenge awa gare gare, chikepe chinobhururuka cheBritish Short Sunderland chakazivisa nezvekuputika kwemafuta kuSuffolk neNorfolk, ayo akanga abatana nePrince of Wales yakanga yakakuvadzwa. Rear Admiral Frederic Wake-Walker, mutungamiri wengarava mbiri, akarayira Muchinda weWales kuti arambe ari shure kwezvikepe zvake. Mutungamiri wehurumende Winston Churchill akarayira ngarava dzose dzehondo munharaunda kuti dzibatane nechisimba cheBismarck uye Prinz Eugen. Tovey's Home Fleet yakanga ichimhanya kuti iite kuti maGermany asvike, asi mangwanani aMay 24 akanga achiri kupfuura 350 nmi (650 km; 400 mi) kure. Admiralty akarayira ngarava dzechiedza dzeManchester, Birmingham, uye Arethusa kuti dzifambe muDenmark Strait kuitira kuti Lütjens arege kudzokera munzira yake. Ngarava yehondo inonzi Rodney, iyo yakanga ichiperekedza RMS Britannic uye yaifanira kugadziridzwa muBoston Navy Yard, yakabatana naTovey. Ngarava mbiri dzehondo dzekare dzeRevenge-class dzakarayirwa kupinda mukuvhima: Revenge, kubva kuHalifax, uye Ramillies, iyo yakanga ichiperekedza Convoy HX 127. Pamwe chete, ngarava dzehondo nhanhatu nengarava dzehondo, ngarava mbiri dzinotakura ndege, ngarava gumi nenhatu dzinotakura ngarava, uye ngarava dzinoparadza makumi maviri nerimwe dzakatsaurirwa kunhangemutange. Pakazosvika 17:00, vashandi vePrince of Wales vakadzorera mapfumbamwe emidziyo yavo gumi huru kuti ishande, iyo yakabvumira Wake-Walker kumuisa pamberi pekugadzirwa kwake kuti arwise Bismarck kana mukana ukamuka.Nekuipa kwemamiriro ekunze, Lütjens akaedza kubvisa Prinz Eugen na16:40. Dutu racho rakanga risina kusimba zvakakwana kuti rifukidze...  Mubvunzo: Chii chakazoguma chaitika pashure pokunge Bismark aita chiito chacho?
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