Could a modernised Warspite catch Bismarck?

Could a modernised Queen Elizabeth-class battleship catch Bismarck?

Not if an undamaged Bismarck could sustain maximum speed, but real damage, sea conditions, endurance, and carrier aircraft could erase that simple speed advantage.

Modernised Warspite's roughly 23-knot maximum compares with Bismarck's nominal 30 knots and 19-knot economical cruise. An undamaged Bismarck running flat out should pull away, but that is a much narrower scenario than a real operational chase. Damage, rough water, fuel endurance, and the need to sustain speed all reduce the value of a brochure maximum. In the Iceland-Scotland gap, a British carrier such as Victorious could add torpedo bombers and turn a surface pursuit into a combined naval-air interception.