"Is it safe, Hans?
"Well, Sir! There's plenty of warship noise at a distance"
"What about our friends, the destroyers?"
"Moving away at high speed ; it's hard to tell Herr Kaleun, there's a lot of explosions going on, it's like I can hear other torpedoes running in the water very faintly. Do you think..."
"What I think, Hans, is that the Bismarck is fighting for her life, and we may already be too late. Keep me posted, lad!"
As I duck back into the Control Room
"...50 metres.."
" Never mind that!. Just get get us levelled off at 12 or 13 , now Chief!"
"Joachim, take all the hands you need forward to reload those tubes. Go noisy. Report to me when we have any tube ready to fire
Otto blew his precious ballast tanks
Now I can see what......is going on.
There are large black dots in the distance, occasionally silhouetted by the crash of their guns. British battleships and cruisers
But the constant plumes of water, smoke and flame in one spot on the horizon
"Lads, they've caught Auntie Beatrice! The Bismarck!"
We have to...
"...Sir, I have to report that all our forward tubes are inoperaple.
Joachim sighed.
"I'm sorry, Sir, but one of those depth charges blew off or buckled our bow caps"
"Anytime we load, we risk flooding the boat. I'm sorry Sir, but there it is..."
Lt de Bunsen, U-46
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