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HMS REPULSE AND HMS PRINCE OF WALES SHIPWRECK


The HMS Repulse also had four aircraft, but lacked modern anti-aircraft weapons. Her horizontal armour plating for protection against an air attack was considered outdated.

The old battle cruiser, commanded by Captain Bill Tennant, was the second capital ship of the British Eastern Fleet (codenamed Force Z) of six ships, whose commander-in-chief was Admiral Thomas Phillips. The fleet arrived at the Singapore Naval Base on 2 December 1941 to serve as a deterrent against Japanese attack.
On the evening of the 8 December 1941, the fleet sailed from Singapore, intending to launch a surprise attack on Japanese ships sighted in the Gulf of Siam. As the fleet’s movements were detected by enemy aircraft, Phillips decided to return on 9 December. On his return journey, Phillips was informed that Japanese troops had landed at Kuantan. The fleet thus detoured to Kuantan for a planned surprise attack on the enemy. On 10 December, when the fleet was just 60 miles east-north-east of Kuantan, the Repulse was attacked by high-level bombers at 11.13 am. Despite fending off the initial attack, the Repulse was sunk with the HMS Prince of Wales, a major loss to British troops in the defence of Malaya.


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