Just before 03:00, "Suffolk" regained contact with "Bismarck". "Hood" and "Prince of Wales" were away, slightly ahead of the Germans. Holland signalled to steer toward the Germans and increased speed to . "Suffolk"s loss of contact had placed the British at a disadvantage. Instead of the swiftly closing head-on approach Holland had envisioned, he would have to converge at a wider angle, much more slowly. This would leave "Hood" vulnerable to "Bismarck"s plunging shells for a much longer period. The situation worsened further when, at 03:20, "Suffolk" reported that the Germans had made a further course alteration to the west, placing the German and British squadrons almost abeam of each other.