:07:00
I think you should know
that Commander Richards...
:07:03
stood two watches without relief...
:07:04
I'm sure Commander Richards...
:07:05
doesn't need an interpreter,
Miss Davis.
:07:08
I was also surprised
to hear a Wren officer...
:07:11
addressed by her Christian name.
:07:13
To me, this kind of informality...
:07:15
is both irregular and inexcusable.
:07:18
Come in!
:07:20
Sorry to interrupt, sir.
:07:22
Priority signal.
:07:23
Thank you.
:07:26
Huh. Excuse me.
:07:42
Come in.
:07:44
Oh, Shepard.
:07:45
You know the assistant chief
of naval staff.
:07:48
Yes, indeed, sir. Very well.
:07:49
How are you,Jonathan?
I'm glad to see you again.
:07:52
I have a signal here...
:07:54
from our naval attache in Stockholm.
:07:56
He reports two large German warships...
:07:58
steaming through the Kattegat.
:07:59
What ships are they?
:08:00
He doesn't say.
:08:02
Think it might be the Bismarck?
:08:04
It's possible, sir.
:08:05
She's just completed
three months' training...
:08:07
in the Baltic.
:08:09
Couldn't pick a better time
to break out...
:08:11
with this Crete business
going on...
:08:13
and our convoys scattered.
:08:14
I have a nasty hunch
that's the idea, sir.
:08:17
I hope you're wrong.
:08:18
Can't afford to have that monster loose.
:08:21
Look what Scharnhorst
and Gneisenau did to us.
:08:23
22 ships sunk... 115,000 tons.
:08:25
All in two months.
:08:27
They don't have anything like
Bismarck's fire power.
:08:29
She could stand off and sink
every ship in a convoy...
:08:33
without ever coming under fire.
:08:35
Shepard, get on to
the Commander-in-Chief,
Home Fleet.
:08:37
Tell him we're not sure...
:08:39
but we're very much concerned.
:08:40
We'll let him have...
:08:42
every scrap of information.
:08:43
Aye aye, sir.
:08:44
Oh, and, Shepard.
:08:45
I wish you'd prepare
your recommendations...
:08:47
in case it is the Bismarck.
:08:49
Very good, sir.
:08:52
Pretty rough assignment...
:08:53
for a new man on the job.
:08:55
I'm not worried about Shepard.
:08:57
He's one of the ablest men
in the service.
:08:59
I'm told he's as cold
as a witch's heart.