What an autoloading 14-inch broadside does to Bismarck

How would Bismarck fare at Denmark Strait against a British 14-inch autoloading battleship?

Poorly; twelve or sixteen guns firing about every thirty seconds would subject her to an overwhelming volume of controlled fire.

The hypothetical British design combines quad 14-inch turrets with a very high loading rate. A sixteen-gun ship could send another full salvo toward Bismarck about every thirty seconds. Director fire control would turn that rate into a sustained deluge of aimed fire. The scenario shows how rate of fire can compensate for shell caliber by multiplying hit opportunities and cumulative damage.