After a few more minutes, during which "Prince of Wales" scored three hits on "Bismarck", the damaged British battleship withdrew. The Germans ceased fire as the range widened, though Captain Ernst Lindemann, "Bismarck"s commander, strongly advocated chasing "Prince of Wales" and destroying her. Lütjens firmly rejected the request, and instead ordered "Bismarck" and "Prinz Eugen" to head for the open waters of the North Atlantic. After the end of the engagement, Lütjens reported that a "Battlecruiser, probably "Hood", sunk. Another battleship, "King George V" or "Renown", turned away damaged. Two heavy cruisers maintain contact." At 08:01, he transmitted a damage report and his intentions to OKM, which were to detach "Prinz Eugen" for commerce raiding and to make for St. Nazaire for repairs. Shortly after 10:00, Lütjens ordered "Prinz Eugen" to fall behind "Bismarck" to discern the severity of the oil leakage from the bow hit. After confirming "broad streams of oil on both sides of ["Bismarck"s] wake", "Prinz Eugen" returned to the forward position.