At 08:15 the cruiser spotted "Bismarck" and turned away out of range. She soon sighted the other British ships off her starboard quarter, and informed them that "Bismarck" was roughly to the southwest. By 08:43 "King George V" had "Bismarck" in sight, at . Four minutes later "Rodney" opened fire. "King George V" followed suit in less than a minute. "Bismarck" answered almost immediately, straddling "Rodney" on her second salvo. By 08:59 "King George V" had closed to and all her 14-inch guns were firing; "Rodney" was firing 16-inch salvoes. "Bismarck" concentrated all her remaining guns on "King George V", but only an occasional shell came close. At 09:14 "King George V", at , had opened fire with her 5.25-inch guns, and "Rodney" had moved to .