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Originally Posted by T. A. Gardner
No. The Prinz Eugen was incapable of penetrating any of the armor of the Hood at the range of engagement. In fact, the Prinz Eugen's 8" guns were not even capable of doing significant damage at the engagement range to Hood. It has been rather conclusively proved Bismarck fired the fatal round.
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One of the sources I read, stated that perhaps the Prinz Eugen had the range and degree of plunging fire to penetrate the Hood's secondary armour amidships, thus touching off her AAA magazines and perhaps causing a chain reactions of explosions throughout the ship, before breaking her into three pieces.