the British Royal Navy suffered a devastating blow when HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse were sunk by Japanese aircraft off the coast of Kuantan, Malaya. This marked the first time capital ...

They include HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse, whose hulls had for decades served as graves for the 835 men who went down with the two ships. But the callous gangs of scavengers have now looted ...

In response, the British dispatched Force Z, centered around the battleships HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales, to Singapore as a show of strength. Prime Minister Churchill believed these ...