Less than 10 minutes after the British opened fire, a shell from "Bismarck" struck "Hood" near her aft ammunition magazines. Soon afterwards, "Hood" exploded and sank within three minutes, with the loss of all but three of her crew. "Prince of Wales" continued to exchange fire with "Bismarck" but suffered serious malfunctions in her main armament. The British battleship had only been completed in late March 1941, and used new quadruple gun turrets that were unreliable. "Prince of Wales" soon broke off the engagement.