Sink the Bismarck!

- Check your radar plot. 467 00:32:25,678 --> 00:32:27,392 <i>Enemy report from Suffolk, Sir.</i> 468 00:32:29,781 --> 00:32:32,583 They've found her. Picked her up in the Denmark Strait. 469 00:32:32,784 --> 00:32:34,050 <i>Bismarck and a heavy cruiser.</i> 470 00:32:35,151 --> 00:32:36,385 66-45 north... 471 00:32:36,386 --> 00:32:37,900 26 west. 472 00:32:40,290 --> 00:32:41,390 There, gentlemen. 473 00:32:41,791 --> 00:32:42,790 Course southwest. 474 00:32:42,791 --> 00:32:43,892 Now things are looking up. 475 00:32:45,093 --> 00:32:47,394 - Tell the First Sea Lord immediately. - Aye-aye, Sir. 476 00:32:47,895 --> 00:32:50,197 Good job we've got some heavy stuff in the area. 477 00:32:50,598 --> 00:32:53,300 <i>Richards, let me have an intercepting course for Hood and Prince of Wales.</i> 478 00:32:53,301 --> 00:32:56,201 <i>Yes - Sir, this one's from the Norfolk.</i> 479 00:32:57,392 --> 00:32:59,605 <i>Norfolk's there, too, Sir. She's with Suffolk.</i> 480 00:32:59,606 --> 00:33:03,841 - They're shadowing in thick fog, using radar. - I hope that radar works better than usual. 481 00:33:04,042 --> 00:33:06,877 If she turned on them, she could blow them both out of the water. 482 00:33:06,878 --> 00:33:09,346 No. Lutjens is too clever for that. 483 00:33:09,647 --> 00:33:12,449 He'd rather shake off a pair of cruisers than stop to sink them. 484 00:33:12,850 --> 00:33:15,351 <i>Course to intercept Bismarck is 3-1-0.</i> 485 00:33:15,352 --> 00:33:21,023 <i>That would bring Hood in contact... just about... There.</i> 486 00:33:21,524 --> 00:33:22,823 <i>Just about here, Sir.</i> 487 00:33:23,024 --> 00:33:24,858 <i>The intercepting course is 3-1-0 degrees.</i> 488 00:33:25,059 --> 00:33:28,028 <i>At full speed, we should make contact at 0300.</i> 489 00:33:28,129 --> 00:33:30,564 I don't want to engage him until daylight. 490 00:33:30,765 --> 00:33:32,967 Give me a course and speed to intercept at dawn. 491 00:33:32,968 --> 00:33:34,068 Aye-aye, Sir. 492 00:33:35,069 --> 00:33:39,972 At 27 knots... Course 2-9-5... we should meet them at first light. 493 00:33:39,973 --> 00:33:42,674 - We'll proceed on that course at that speed. - Aye-aye, Sir. 494 00:33:42,675 --> 00:33:44,616 <i>- Pass the word to Prince of Wales. - Aye-aye, Sir.</i> 495 00:33:44,617 --> 00:33:45,923 Anything further, Sir? 496 00:33:51,882 --> 00:33:53,415 Signal from flag, Sir. 497 00:33:54,116 --> 00:33:56,151 Speed... 27 knots. 498 00:33:56,352 --> 00:33:58,018 200 revolutions. 499 00:33:58,019 --> 00:34:01,121 <i>- 200 revolutions. - Admiral's intentions follow, Sir.</i> 500 00:34:01,122 --> 00:34:02,221 Very good. 501 00:34:02,522 --> 00:34:04,957 Wilson, tell the captain we've gone onto 27 knots. 502 00:34:04,958 --> 00:34:07,359 - Also, the admiral's sending his intentions. - Aye-aye, Sir. 503 00:34:07,560 --> 00:34:11,263 Oh, Wilson, how are the civilian workers enjoying themselves? 504 00:34:11,264 --> 00:34:13,832 They're loving every moment of it, Sir. 505 00:34:14,533 --> 00:34:18,169 I'll tell you one thing, I'm not sleeping in one of these bloody hammocks. 506 00:34:18,370 --> 00:34:22,273 Make a note, Walter to speak to the captain. We'll have double beds put in. 507 00:34:22,274 --> 00:34:25,975 Oh, very funny. Well, I reckon it's a diabolical liberty. 508 00:34:26,376 --> 00:34:28,976 I believe, I never even had a chance to phone my wife to say what was happening. 509 00:34:28,977 --> 00:34:31,280 They were afraid she might not let you go. 510 00:34:31,281 --> 00:34:34,582 - I'm just Imagine what she thinks I'm up to. - Pity she's wrong, isn't it? 511 00:34:34,883 --> 00:34:36,383 She'll never believe this. 512 00:34:37,284 --> 00:34:39,385 Where are we going? That's what I want to know. 513 00:34:39,586 --> 00:34:42,698 A couple minutes ago, we picked up speed. What's that for in the middle of the night? 514 00:34:42,722 --> 00:34:43,722 Captain speaking. 515 00:34:44,857 --> 00:34:47,392 <i>Bismarck has been sighted in Denmark Strait.</i> 516 00:34:48,293 --> 00:34:50,427 She's on her way out into the Atlantic. 517 00:34:50,428 --> 00:34:53,064 <i>And we plan to tackle her about dawn tomorrow morning.</i> 518 00:34:53,265 --> 00:34:55,833 <i>You'll be going to action stations shortly after midnight.</i> 519 00:34:56,134 --> 00:34:58,067 <i>So get all the rest you can before then.</i> 520 00:34:58,068 --> 00:35:01,037 <i>I'm confident tomorrow is going to be a big day for us.</i> 521 00:35:01,038 --> 00:35:03,605 <i>Good luck and good shooting.</i> 522 00:35:04,106 --> 00:35:06,749 They can't do this to me. I'm in a reserved occupation. 523 00:35:08,643 --> 00:35:10,746 I never thought a thing like this would happen. 524 00:35:11,247 --> 00:35:13,949 Fancy me fighting Germans on the high seas. 525 00:35:14,350 --> 00:35:18,851 -