Saphroneth
Banned
Could Lutjens order Prinz Eugen to try and draw off the shadowing RN cruisers instead? That sounds like an appropriately sneaky moment that has a chance of avoiding the loss of Hood.The other issue of course is Prinz Eugen. Since it's virtually impossible to imagine that two German ships would defect, Bismarck's admiral and Captain would need to do this after the Denmark Straits battle and they separated. This also makes US internment the only realistic possibility, since the RN is not going to be looking to immediately accept the surrender of a Nazi battleship that just sank its biggest warship.