Testing claims about Hood's destruction

How should claims that Prinz Eugen sank Hood be assessed?

They conflict with accounts from three ships, including Prinz Eugen, and would require discarding too much evidence.

The claim that Prinz Eugen sank Hood conflicts with several surviving accounts. Accepting it would require discarding testimony from three ships, including Prinz Eugen herself. A proposed cause of the loss has to explain that evidence rather than depend on setting it aside.