Moves were subsequently made to court-martial Wake-Walker and Captain John Leach of "Prince of Wales". The view was taken that they were wrong not to have continued the battle with "Bismarck" after "Hood" had been sunk. John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief of the Home Fleet, was appalled at this criticism. A row ensued between Tovey and his superior, Admiral Sir Dudley Pound. Tovey stated that the two officers had acted correctly, ensuring that the German ships were tracked and not endangering their ships needlessly. Furthermore, "Prince of Wales"s main guns had repeatedly malfunctioned and she could not have matched "Bismarck". Tovey threatened to resign his position and appear at any court-martial as 'defendant's friend' and defence witness. No more was heard of the proposal.