Al Murray
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Appearances Over Time
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Ofertfjord.
Yeah.
And there's, with them, ten German destroyers.
Count them.
Ten.
Half.
Yeah, exactly.
This is the thing.
And a handful of supply ships.
This is half, as you say, of the Kriegsmarine's entire destroyer capability.
Meanwhile, the second destroyer flotilla, which is, as we've learned, led by Captain Bernard Warburton Lee, they're approaching the Leeds as part of this mining operation.
And they're supporting, there's some heavy metalers showing up.
Admiral William Whitworth's large battlecruisers, the Renown and the Repulse, as well as destroyers.
Already, already the Royal Navy sounds like it's arriving mob-handed.
Let's put it that way.
As well as destroyers of the 20th Destroyer Flotilla.
And the thing is, these parts are all moving really, really quickly, aren't they?
And the Admiralty's discovering things kind of in, as a kind of real-time response to,
happening at once.
But by both sides, actually, they're both reacting to each other.