Prince of Wales Theatre seating capacity slightly to 1,160 seats and to modernise the theatre's facilities. New bars were added, the auditorium completely rebuilt, the backstage areas refurbished and the theatre's famous tower and exterior completely gutted and refurbished with new LED lighting and a crisp modern finish. The theatre re-opened with ABBA's musical "Mamma Mia!" on 16 April 2004. On 18 August 2007, "Mamma Mia!" became the longest-running show ever at the Prince of Wales, overtaking the previous record held by "Aspects of Love" with 1,326 performances at the venue and counting. The production marked another landmark on Thursday 23 August 2007, celebrating
HMS Prince of Wales (53) at an extreme range of , she fired 12 salvos but all of them missed. At 01:00 on 25 May "Prince of Wales" once again regained contact and opened fire at a radar range of , after observers believed that she had scored a hit on "Bismarck", "Prince of Wales"s "A" turret temporarily jammed, leaving her with only six operational guns. After losing "Bismarck" owing to poor visibility and after searching for 12 hours, "Prince of Wales" headed for Iceland and took no further part in actions against "Bismarck". Following repairs at Rosyth, "Prince of Wales" transported Prime Minister Winston