na-aga n'okpuru ebe na mgbe ahụ zaa ajụjụ mgbe e mesịrị na otu asụsụ dị ka ebe: Passage: Na 10:10, Lieutenant Commander Gerard Broadmead Roope gbara ise torpedoes site na otu n'ịkwado na a nso nke 800 mita (870 yd), ma niile Agbaghara n'ihi na Captain Hellmuth Heye nọ na Hipper si n'ikpere mmiri na-ezo aka Glowworm ofụri agha iji belata ya n'ihe ize ndụ si torpedoes. The ebibi dara azụ site ya anwụrụ ákwà mgbochi iji nweta oge iji nweta ya nke abụọ torpedo n'ịkwado na-arụ ọrụ, ma Heye soro Glowworm site anwụrụ ọkụ na-agwụcha ya tupu o nwere ike gbaa ndị fọdụrụ nke ya torpedoes. Ụgbọ mmiri abụọ ahụ dị nnọọ nso mgbe Hipper si anwụrụ ọkụ na Roope nyere iwu ka a siri ike na-atụgharị starboard iji belata nso na ikekwe ndị cruiser. Hipper bụ onye na-aza ya na Glowworm kụrụ ala nke cruiser.
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