Prien was a little unlucky - if you can call it that - when he sank the Oak
Luftwaffe recon had picked up a lot more capital shipping - almost all the Home fleet - inside Scapa
IIRC there was a carrier docked next to Oak that sailed with the rest of the fleet after the recon and before Prien got there - leaving him only the Oak and an old seaplane tender as viable targets
You pays your money and takes your choice
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