: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.
:47:00
Down here at Gibraltar, we've Force H...
:47:02
Renown, Sheffield, Ark Royal.
:47:04
We can't strip the Western Mediterranean...
:47:06
with this Crete business going on.
:47:08
Perhaps if we left Ark Royal down there...
:47:10
and sent the other two out.
:47:13
No, sir.
:47:14
We may need Ark Royal's aircraft.
:47:17
What do you think, A.C.N.S.?
:47:19
It's taking a serious risk.
:47:21
I know Shepard has weighed
that very carefully.
:47:24
In view of what the prime minister said...
:47:26
we don't seem to have much choice.
:47:28
Well, I may be able
to argue with you two...
:47:31
but I can't quarrel
with the prime minister.
:47:34
Order Force H to sail.
:47:35
Aye aye, sir.
:47:43
Johnson.
:47:44
Smith.
:47:47
It's not for you, boy.
:47:49
Stratton.
:47:50
Singer.
:47:51
Shepard.
:47:53
Oh, thanks.
:47:54
Thompson.
:47:55
Thompson, where are you?
:47:57
My dearest Tom...
:47:58
I'm really much too tired to write...