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Part 7
15th October 1939

After a long and arduous journey which U-47 severely damaged and with half the crew injured or severely shaken and under heavy fog and low cloud cover arrives in Kiel to a hero's welcome, as soon as U-47 docks the crew are taken off to hospital, within minutes of the crew evacuating the U-boat already sitting low in the water sinks at the dock side. Admiral Donitz and three high ranking Krigesmarine Officers congratulates Prein for sinking both Royal Oak and the battlecruiser renown. Prein is awarded a knights cross for the mission.

The group consisting of the light cruisers Belfast and Newcastle and two destroyers enter Rosyth. The wounded survivors are taken off and taken to hospitals in Edinburgh . Rear Admiral Henry Blargrove is taken to the Train station and put on a train heading for London with his entire staff.

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