People forget that the Prinz Eugen was also there and firing on Hood, but it was Bismark’s second salvo that straddled her, and her Bismark’s third salvo that blew her up. By contrast, Prince of Wales never engaged the enemy, but retired in a rain squall following Hood’s sinking.
It was also ironic that Hood had been scheduled for an upgrade to her deck armor, but was ordered to sea before she could be put in for refit.
In 1946, Prinz Eugen found itself anchored at Bikini Atoll, where it got nuked during the Operation Crossroads atomic weapon tests. The father of a friend of mine went aboard the ship at the time and found a painting of another Prinz Eugen, an Austrian sailing ship. He kept it in his living room for years.