[TerranC]

Originally posted by Thermodyne:
A few years latter the Hood sank from shell fire that it should have weathered, and its bLast doors were in place! Lots of excuses have been offered, but the hard fact is that deck armor was left out of the design to save money.

There is no defenitive evidence that Bismark's shells went through the deck armor; some of it could have hit it's side armor.

And the Hood didn't sink from shell fire. It was sunk by a powerful explosion in the Hood's ammo hold, caused by the shell from the bismark, which was an extremely lucky shot.