When the Prince of Wales went down during World War II, it marked the end of the battleship era. Here's why the naval tech ...

The Story. On December 10, 1941, the Allies were still reeling from the staggering Pearl Harbor attacks. The Repulse and Prince of Wales were deployed to the Far East as part of Force Z, a naval ...

The loss of the Prince of Wales and the Repulse paved the way for Japanese forces to make a successful run on Malaya and Singapore.. Most people remember December 7 as “Pearl Harbor Day.” That ...

HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse (Force Z under the command of Admiral Tom Phillips) were sunk on 10 December 1941 by Japanese warplanes, about 50 miles from the coast of Kuantan in Malaya. The ...

HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales were part of British naval squadron Force Z, which was tasked with intercepting a Japanese invasion fleet during World War II. However, ...

OUTTOWNING FOUR DAYS SWELL STORY When CBS's Far Eastern Correspondent Cecil Brown cabled these words to his home office from Singapore last week, he had no idea what an overwhelming story he was ...

More than 800 sailors were killed when the HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse were torpedoed by Japanese aircraft — three days after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales were part of British naval squadron Force Z, which was tasked with intercepting a Japanese invasion fleet during the Second World War (WWII). However, the ...

The National Museum of the Royal Navy was concerned enough to put out a statement that it is “distressed” at “the apparent vandalism for personal profit of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS ...

The Repulse and Prince of Wales were deployed to the Far East as part of Force Z, a naval squadron tasked with deterring Imperial Japan’s territorial expansion.