Unable to turn quickly enough , the ship suffered Bodily_harm a glancing blow that buckled Connect her starboard side and opened Openness six of her sixteen compartments to the sea ( the forepeak , all three holds , and boiler rooms 5 and 6 ) .

On 24 May , before the final action , `` Bismarck '' s fuel tanks were damaged Damaging and several machinery compartments , including a boiler room , were flooded in the Battle of the Denmark Strait .