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Part 5
14th October 1939
With Belfast picking up the crew of Pegasus and the crew who remained on royal oak doing damage control evacuated, Rear Admiral Henry Blargrove on Belfasts bridge receives word that the fire's are out of control and are going to reach the cordite in the main magazines, The damage to Royal Oak is too severe but the damage control party manages to get the crippled battleship to a 5° list. Rear Admiral Henry Blargrove gives the order sink Royal Oak with torpedoes, so at 03:20 Royal Oak slips beneath the waves and settles on her hull, the rush of water entering the ship floods the main magazine and puts the fires out.
With Royal Oak sunk and Pegasus unable to saved and slowly sinking Belfast heads for the main channel and heads south at 20 knots.
Captain A.G.Scott onboard Belfast sends off a message to the Admiralty.
***Urgent***
*** Royal Oak severely damaged***
**** Pegasus severely damaged****
*****U-boat damaged*****
******Crew from both Royal Oak and Pegasus rescued******
********Royal Oak scuttled due to hazzard of cordite fires *******
*********Seaplane carrier Pegasus severely damaged and sinking*********
*******Request orders*******