A week later, the destroyer Z1, having been dispatched for anti/submarine duty, comes across a squadron of Sea Spitfire Fighter/Bombers. Thinking it was pure coincidental, KorvetteKapitan Fritz Bassenge decides to speed ahead. After being strafed by gunfire several times, a short 15 minutes storm comes in. Fritz curses the weather, but it eventually lifts and a in front of him was a sight he never thought he'd see: An ark royal class battleship,nescprted by two destroyers.
A few minutes later, a crew member correctly identifies it as HMS Courageous, escorted by two unknown destroyers. Fritz acts aggressively, returning fire to the destroyers. Eventually the Majesty's destroyers score hits on her front two guns, and disable her steering. Fritz gives he order to blow up the ship.
Z1 slips beneath the waves, with five men. Fritz commits suicide to prevent his capture, and the other 300 or so people are rescued.