Talk:Prinz Eugen/@comment-25459687-20141126161730

"She looks like Bismarck because the British mistook her for Bismarck"

A note on this. The Germans deliberately constructed their heavy ships with similar silhouettes, in hopes of confusing identification. It worked at Denmarck Straight, the first British salvos were aimed at Prinz Eugen, not realizing that the lead German ship was a cruiser and not a battleship.