The destroyers keep Bismarck under attack through the night

The four Tribals rotate attacks while maintaining contact, with at least one destroyer pressing inward at any time. Individual ships briefly lose the target, but the formation as a whole keeps Bismarck under observation and denies her crew a quiet night. Sixteen torpedoes across six attacks can be documented, while the true expenditure may have been higher. Even without a provable hit, the pattern keeps the damaged battleship occupied, illuminated, and constrained until heavier British forces arrive.