The Royal Navy battleship HMS Prince of Wales and battlecruiser HMS Repulse were sunk by land-based bombers and torpedo bombers of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
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The sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse was a naval engagement in World War II, as part of the war in the Pacific, that took place on 10 December 1941 in the South China Sea off the east coast of the British colonies of Malaya and the Straits... Wikipedia
Location: South China Sea
Date: December 10, 1941
In the late morning of December 10, after finding no targets, the Royal Navy ships were returning to Singapore and were attacked and sunk by Japanese bombers ...
On December 10, 1941, the battlecruiser HMS Repulse and battleship HMS Prince of Wales sank off the east coast of Malaysia. The British warships were the ...
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Posted: Dec 10, 2021
Posted: Dec 10, 2021
Repulse was the first to sink, heeling over only 12 minutes after the last torpedo attack had started. The swiftness with which she went down meant that her ...
Japanese Forces: Japanese cruiser CHOKAI whose seaplane sighted the British ships, HMS PRINCE OF WALES and REPULSE, on 9 December 1941.
May 24, 2023 · On 10th December 1941, the Royal Navy ships HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse were attacked and sunk by aircraft of the Imperial Japanese ...
Mar 26, 2024 · The sinking of both the HMS Prince of Wales and the battlecruiser HMS Repulse was a turning point for aircraft carriers and carrier-based ...
HMS Repulse sank at 12.35 hrs, with the loss of 513 men. From the Abandon Ship she had only taken a matter of minutes to go under. HMS Prince of Wales had taken ...
The Prince of Wales suffered 327 casualties from her crew of 1,612, while the Repulse lost 513 of her 1,309 crew members. The survivors ...