#ttte H.M.S. Hood

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Day 28-Thunderchild

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Admiral William Murdoch stared out at the massive battleship sitting nervously in Drydock 4. Strictly speaking Drydock 4 was not for military vessels, but it was the only open Drydock capable of fitting the German Behemoth. HMS Hood normally was an impressive sight, and in fact the Admiral Class battlecruiser was longer of the two by some 60 feet, but with Hood alongside Bismark in drydock 3 it was clear at a glance which ship was the larger vessel.

The Admiral drummed his fingers on his arm as he observed Hood happily chatting to her German rival. Officially Hood had been put in drydock for routine inspection, which was being carried out. Unofficially it was to keep her new friend calm as her ammunition was removed.

Most ships, having found their enemy's new flagship drifting abandoned on the Atlantic, would have sunk it without a second thought. Instead Hood had befriended the blasted thing and brought it home.

He frowned, Hood had deeply complicated matters. The Royal Navy now had Germany’s Flagship sitting in drydock, and no idea what to do with her.

If Vice Admiral Holland’s report was correct, the ship had already managed to wrestle control from her original crew, so putting her into service with the Royal Navy was not an option unless the vessel agreed to it. Hood's report read much the same. While intelligence reports had noted unrest at the shipyards Bismark had been built at, no one had realized the dissent towards the regime among the shipyard workers had been taught to the new battleship, much less cause her to desert outright.

The Admiral stared at the battleship for a moment longer then returned to his desk. No matter what was done with their guest in the long term, he knew they could not let the Germans find out they had her. Better for them to think she had been lost outright. She needed to be made to look like part of the Royal Navy, and named as such.

He nodded, yes that was the best plan. Let Germany wonder how they had built such a monster without them realizing. If they handled this right, Germany would probably think their ‘new’ ship had sunk Bismark. 

He considered names for a long moment as he wrote out orders for her to be repainted into royal navy livery, and for the changes necessary to disguise her as a British built ship

 He smiled as the perfect name occurred to him.

HMS Thunderchild, first of her class.

A/N: Hello Loves! Hood found Bismark adrift in the Atlantic andshowed up to Vicarstown like "She followed me home, Can I keep her?" I hope you enjoyed, Love Y'all!