"Sink the Bismarck!" was made in 1960, as the last major Second World War fleet units were being retired. Producer John Brabourne was able to use his influence as son-in-law of Lord Mountbatten, then Chief of the Defence Staff, to obtain the full co-operation of the Admiralty. The soon-to-be-scrapped battleship provided some footage of a capital ship's 15-inch gun turrets in action, and was used for scenes set on board HMS "Hood", "Prince of Wales", "King George V" and "Bismarck" herself. The cruiser , now preserved in London, was used to depict the cruisers involved in "Bismarck"s pursuit, including , "Suffolk", "Sheffield" and "Dorsetshire". A in reserve was used as the set for "Bismarck"s destruction, and one of her tall raked funnels is glimpsed in the final scenes.