Time for derailment.
IMO, the Bismarck didn't really sink that fast. It had the long joyride through the North Atlantic, it steamed around in circles for a while after the Swordfish got it, and it took a few battery-loads of fire before it went under.
The Tirpitz, on the hand, got blasted with Tallboys designed to punch through U-boot bunkers, so you can guess what happened then.
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