Iyi nguva yakaona Royal Oak nyeredzi pamwe chete nemamwe gumi nemana Royal Navy ngarava mu1937 British firimu melodrama Our Fighting Navy, iyo plot inotarisa kutenderera kwepfuti mufungidziro yeSouth America republic yeBianco. Royal Oak inoratidzira chikepe chehondo chevapanduki El Mirante, ane mutungamiri anomanikidza kaputeni weBritish (akaridzwa naRobert Douglas) kuti asarudze pakati pemudiwa wake nebasa rake. Iyo firimu haina kugamuchirwa zvakanaka nevatsoropodzi, asi yakawana kuregererwa kuburikidza nezviitiko zvayo zvinoshamisa zvekuita kwechikepe.Muna 1938, Royal Oak yakadzokera kuHome Fleet uye yakaitwa mureza weChipiri Hondo Squadron yakavakirwa muPortsmouth.
Republic of Bianco yokuSouth America