 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokugadzwa nokushanda, Hermione akabatana ne15th Cruiser Squadron yeHome Fleet. Hermione akatora rutivi mukutsvaka kweiyo uye cruiser inorema apo ivo sortiedmuNorth Atlantic muna May 1941. Hermione akabva muScapa Flow musi wa22 Chivabvu sechikamu chesimba rinosanganisira ngarava yehondo uye inotakura ndege. Musi wa 24 May, Victorious, ichiperekedzwa ne Hermione, uye, yakasunungurwa kuti itange kurwisa mhepo kurwisa Bismarck. Kurwiswa neVictorious Swordfish torpedo bombers kwakaguma ne torpedo imwe chete yakarova Bismarck iyo yakakuvadza zvishoma ngarava yeGermany. Musi waMay 25, Hermione, isina mafuta, yakabviswa pakuteverwa kuti iwane mafuta muIceland. Kutevera kunyura kwe Bismarck, maBritish akatanga basa guru kurwisa ngarava dzekutengesa dzeGermany muAtlantic dzakatsigira mabasa evatorwa vepamusoro, ne Hermione vachitora chikamu mukutsvaga kwezvikepe izvi zvekutengesa uye maGermany blockade runners vasati vabatana neForce H, yakavakirwa kuGibraltar musi wa22 Chikumi. 