"Sink the Bismarck!" simplifies the movements of HMS "Hood" and HMS "Prince of Wales" in the battle. The film shows an early order to turn to allow the British ships to fire full broadsides. In reality, they sought to close the distance first, presenting smaller targets to the German ships but using only their forward gun turrets which reduced their firepower advantage by eight big guns, while "Bismarck" and "Prinz Eugen" were firing full broadsides of all their main guns. The film does not show that HMS "Hood" mistook heavy cruiser "Prinz Eugen" for "Bismarck", at first firing at the wrong ship before correcting fire. Only in its final moments did HMS "Hood" begin a turn to fire broadside on "Bismarck". "Bismarck" hit HMS "Hood" during the turn and she exploded. The turn presented "Hood"s deck armour at an angle more vulnerable to penetration and has been cited as a possible cause for her explosion, an issue the film does not cover. HMS "Hood" is shown firing to port while the "Bismarck" is shown firing to starboard; in fact it was the other way around.