 Complete the following phrase:  In December 1940, Norfolk was ordered to the South Atlantic on trade protection duties. Operating out of Freetown as part of Force K she participated in the hunt for Admiral Scheer. In January 1941 the Norfolk, under the command of Capt. Phillips, attempted a failed mission to neutralize the German auxiliary cruiser . In February, she escorted Atlantic troop convoys, but by May she had returned to Icelandic waters. Norfolk was the second ship to sight the German battleship . She and her near sisterfrom the earlier County-class continued to trail the German battleship; the cruisers later joined the battleships and as part of the force that finally sank Bismarck. From September onward, she was employed as an escort for the arduous Arctic Convoys. During this period, her sister Dorsetshire had been bombed and sunk by Japanese torpedo and dive bombers in the Pacific Theatre as part of the Eastern Fleets attempts to dodge Japanese advances on Ceylon. Norfolk was part of the cruiser covering force of 