Another historical error was made in depicting the night engagement between British destroyers and "Bismarck". The film portrayal shows three British hits by torpedoes, while the British destroyer HMS "Solent" is hit and destroyed by "Bismarck". There was no destroyer named "Solent" and no successful torpedo attack, although S-class submarine did exist during the war as a submarine operating in the Eastern Fleet in 1944. On 26 May, a Royal Navy destroyer squadron, led by Captain (later Admiral) Philip Vian in , did exchange gunfire during unsuccessful torpedo attacks, with "Bismarck" inflicting minor damage to the destroyers. The heroic action of the attached Polish destroyer (ex N-class HMS "Nerissa") was not depicted, although she sailed straight for "Bismarck", signalling "I am a Pole" as she went, but none of her shots found their mark.