Repulse and her consort, the battleship Prince of Wales, were sunk by Japanese aircraft on 10 December 1941 when they attempted to intercept landings in British Malaya.

Part of a British naval squadron known as Force Z, 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.

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 central elements of Force Z, tasked with intercepting a Japanese invasion fleet.

It consisted of the battleship HMS Prince of Wales, the battlecruiser HMS Repulse, and their escorting destroyers. Commanded by Admiral Sir Tom Phillips, the formation was intended to be seen as a bold statement of Britain's commitment to defend its Asian territories.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY battlecruiser HMS REPULSE. The survey was carried out by Salvage and Marine Operations (SALMO) in March 2019 as part of its Wreck Management Programme (WMP) and in fulfilment of its obligation to manage the …

Dec 10, 2021 · When the end came, aboard HMS Prince of Wales, turret captain Sgt Terry Brooks, the youngest sergeant in the Corps, ordered his men to remove their boots, inflate their rubber life jackets and jump into the sea.

Oct 15, 2014 · No-one seems to have heard of the awful event of 10 December 1941, when HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse were sunk near Kuantan on the east coast of Malaya, by Japanese torpedoes and...

On 10th December 1941, after failing to find any Japanese invasion forces, and turning south, Japanese aircraft were spotted. The fleet was attacked by 86 Japanese aircraft from the 22nd Air Flotilla based in Saigon, which attacked both Prince of Wales and REPULSE.

Jul 15, 2017 · On December 8, 1941, the drone of aircraft could be heard over Singapore harbor; the war in the Pacific had begun. That evening, two ships went on a daring attack against the Japanese. The battleship HMS Prince of Wales, and the cruiser HMS Repulse set out on what would be their last voyage.

On 12th of December 1917, Repulse was damaged in a collision with the battlecruiser HMAS Australia. The ship was present at the surrender of the High Seas Fleet at Scapa Flow on 21st of November 1918. She was reconstructed twice between the wars.