By the time the Bismarck made her first and last sortie in May 1941, the King George V was the Home Fleet flagship.
Ngexesha uBismarck esenza uhlaselo lwabarhanqiweyo lokuqala nelokugqibela ngoMay 1941, iKing George V waba ngumkhosi wasekhaya wenqanawa ehamba nomphathi.