September 1939, and the cry rings out around the gleeful ships of the Royal Navy. After twenty years in political exile, Winston Churchill has returned as First Sea Lord. If anyone can stop the 'Phoney War', it will be him. But the Royal Navy is out of date after years of neglect. German ships built since 1933 are more powerful, better gunned and easily outrun even the fastest of Britain's large ships. The Navy needs a high profile success - and soon...