Sink the Bismarck! Page #2

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It won't be won

by charm and personality.

We've had too much of that.

I've known Shepard for years.

We've served together before.

He was different then.

Any particular reason for the change?

I suspect there are many reasons, sir...

reasons of a personal nature.

Oh. I see.

Well, how are we going to

get the information...

on those two ships?

We have an agent in southern Norway...

Get in touch with him.

It's too dangerous to get in touch

with him directly.

There isn't time to go

through Zurich or Stockholm.

In this case,

you'll have to make direct contact.

Sir, this man is

in Nazi-occupied territory.

I realize that.

All the same, we must get

in touch with him immediately.

Aye aye, sir.

[Automatic Weapon Fire]

The enemy ships

were sighted coming out of the Baltic...

obviously heading out to sea...

obviously not in the service

of the king.

Now, what have we got over here

at Scapa Flow?

Battleships King George V,

Prince of Wales...

battle cruiser Hood...

a few cruisers and destroyers.

The rest of the fleet's

out on convoy escort.

It's from Admiral Cunningham, sir.

"Situation in Crete is deteriorating.

German airborne troops

have captured Maleme Airfield."

Why is it we never get

our bad medicine in small doses?

Perfect timing for an enemy breakout...

in the North Atlantic.

Cunningham and his fleet

busy down here in Crete.

Sommerville's got his hands full...

trying to reinforce Malta

with Force H.

Scharnhorst and Gneisenau

are up here at Brest.

We must keep them covered.

And 16 convoys to guard...

scattered all over the Atlantic.

If we had a hundred more ships...

we still wouldn't have enough.

Sir, we've just had a signal...

from our agent in Norway.

The message is incomplete.

"Sighted two enemy ships

of Kristiansand at 033 5

sailing due west...

Cruiser Prinz Eugen and..."

The transmission stopped

abruptly at that point, sir.

Did you try to get him back?

Yes, sir. No further contact.

Where is Kristiansand?

Off here, sir.

Southern tip of Norway.

What do you think, A.C.N.S.?

I don't think this man...

would have transmitted

in the circumstances...

if it hadn't been something

really important.

Then we'll proceed on the assumption...

that it's Bismarck.

May I suggest we put

Coastal Command to work...

on air reconnaissance?

Yes. Everything from Bergen southwards.

Tell them to photograph

everything that looks suspicious.

I'll talk to Commander-in-Chief

at Scapa Flow.

Aye aye, sir.

[Ship Horn Sounding]

[Ship Horn Sounding]

Excuse me, sir.

First sea lord on the line, sir.

Commander-in-Chief, sir.

Hello,Jack. How are you?

I'm fine.

Those two German ships...

were sighted off southern Norway

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