German accounts deny that Vian's torpedoes damaged Bismarck, while the attacking destroyers reported possible hits. The wreck cannot presently resolve the dispute because the hull rests upright with important areas buried in sediment on the slope of an extinct underwater volcano. Some hits remain plausible, but only as an inference rather than demonstrable physical evidence. Whatever the damage result, Piorun and the Tribals still exchanged gunfire, fired illumination, supported one another's approaches, and forced Bismarck to fight through the night.
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Why the destroyers' claimed torpedo hits remain unresolved
German denials and British hit claims cannot yet be reconciled because much of Bismarck's hull is buried, leaving the physical evidence inaccessible.