:45:00
Then we will push forward...
:45:02
as instructed by the high command.
:45:04
But surely the fuehrer must realize...
:45:06
Are you going to tell the fuehrer
what he must realize?
:45:10
No, sir.
:45:11
Then do not tell me.
:45:12
For the time being...
:45:14
we will hold our present
course and speed.
:45:16
Yes, sir.
:45:17
There will be no further
statement to the press...
:45:20
not for the present.
:45:21
Make a signal to admiral
commanding First Cruiser Squadron.
:45:24
Suffolk and Norfolk
must maintain contact...
:45:26
with the Bismarck...
:45:27
so that Home Fleet can intercept.
:45:29
Continue shadowing as long
as you have fuel to do so.
:45:32
Excuse me, sir.
:45:33
This is Bismarck's latest
position, course, and speed.
:45:36
Send it to the C-in-C,
Home Fleet right away.
:45:39
Now, Shepard.
:45:40
At its present speed, sir...
:45:42
the Home Fleet cannot make
contact with Bismarck...
:45:45
until tomorrow...
:45:46
and then only if she maintains
her present course.
:45:49
What if she doesn't?
:45:50
That's it exactly, sir.
They won't make contact at all.
:45:53
Prime minister for you, sir.
:46:00
First sea lord here.
:46:02
Now, first sea lord...
:46:03
I want to make it unmistakably clear...
:46:06
that there is absolutely nothing
as vital...
:46:08
to the nation at this moment...
:46:11
as the destruction of the Bismarck.
:46:13
You are authorized to employ...
:46:15
any means at your disposal...
:46:18
regardless of risk...
:46:20
and regardless of the price
that must be paid.
:46:24
This is a battle
we cannot afford to lose.
:46:28
I understand, sir.
:46:29
I don't care how you do it.
:46:32
You must sink the Bismarck.
:46:34
Good luck to you.
:46:36
Thank you, sir.
:46:44
Well, gentlemen, any suggestions?
:46:46
In my opinion, sir...
:46:47
we cannot leave this entirely
to the Home Fleet.
:46:50
We must reach out and pull in...
:46:52
everything we can lay our hands on.
:46:54
I've ordered Rodney to leave her convoy.
:46:56
She was the last available ship.
:46:58
I don't suggest this lightly, sir.