After repairs to her mine damage, Galatea joined the hunt for Bismarck. The German battleship's sinking of HMS Hood triggered a Royal Navy response on an exceptional scale. The episode jokes that the entire Royal Navy was coming for Bismarck. Galatea's participation places a small light cruiser within that fleetwide pursuit.
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A small cruiser in the fleetwide hunt for Bismarck
Galatea's place in the Bismarck pursuit shows the scale of the Royal Navy response after the German battleship sank Hood.