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War Log #21: Escort To Punisment

Great Britain - Atlantic Ocean - 1941-1943

It's been 1 year, 1 month, and 5 days ever since the grand coronation and official announcement of ranks to the crew of the once stolen battleship. On May 27, 1941, the infamous German battleship known as the Bismarck, was sunk on that day. With a planned hunting from the Royal Navy after the sinking of HMS Hood, their prestigious and most decorated ship of the Royal Navy, they had succeeded their mission.

It only needs to take a planned robbery of a ship who are new recruits to the Royal Navy. Having to be joined in a full operation in the HMS Belfast, a light cruiser, they had watched the sound of battleships firing their turrets as the Battle of the Denmark Strait roars to a British defeat.

The newly recruited crew filled with rage upon the sinking of the mighty Hood, they sworn to sink the German battleship no matter what. Thus, they stole the newly built battleship that was unnamed from its birthing as it sailed through the rivers of Clyde as it sails to the Atlantic Ocean for the first time with water tearing her bow as waves crashed the battleship.

The battleship then fired its first salvo high up in the night sky, unaware that their shells have made contact with the Bismarck about a few yards away.

On May 27, 1941, the battleship found the Bismarck, exchanging firing at HMS King George V and HMS Rodney. With this, the battleship with all its turrets ready, the sound of a flute humming in the ship echoed as it signaled to fire.

The battleship fired its first salvo at the German battleship, destroying most of her armaments in a single salvo. Another salvo was then fired to the Bismarck, damaging her superstructure and her remaining armaments on port-side. 

The Bismarck tried to stop the battleship but because of her armaments damaged from the surprise attack, they hadn't fired a single shell at the battleship. Whilst both King George V and Rodney continued firing, the battleship fired its shells to the helpless Bismarck until it began to list.

As the flute's music hits its last note, one last salvo from the battleship and 4 torpedoes from the HMS Dorsetshire, the Bismarck exploded before it continued to list and beginning to sink within the waves.

The Admiral of HMS King George V reported this event to the Admiralty to know about the battleship being the first and last to sink the German battleship of the Third Reich.

As the Bismarck was now sinking down under the Atlantic, the battleship arrived with the Dorsetshire to save any survivors from the battleship. The battleship had save 659 German survivors while the Dorsetshire saved about 114 German survivors.

As the battleship arrives on Portsmouth, the British Royal Palace has ordered for these men to come to the Royal Palace, specifically in Buckingham Palace.

As they have expected, they expect to be reprimanded for such a heinous act, to steal a valuable and new asset to the war on the Atlantic. But what awaits them, was the sound of their countrymen and countrywomen cheering and clapping their hands by the officials of the newly recruited crew. They're in shock by this, until, the Queen has officially announced them as the new crew of the battleship that they have stolen.

Giving them each a medal from their service in the Royal Navy as a new recruit and the leadership to sink the Bismarck, they have asked their leader, the name of the battleship that they have stolen.

The said man had become an official Admiral, his dream has  been fulfilled, from the moment they set sail on the Atlantic, fighting the Germans right in their eyes. As the battleship once stolen had now become in the hands of that man and his newly recruited crew, he looked at the crowds, with the Queen asking for the ship's official name.