Sunday, December 10, 2006
This Day in History
On this day in 1941, the British battleship Prince of Wales, which had survived battle with the Bismarck (when its flotilla mate, battle cruiser Hood was blow in two) is attacked by Japanese Nell and Betty bombers and sunk in 2 hours and 5 minutes off Singapore, signaling the end of the role of the battleship as the prime naval ship to ship attack method. The ship was hit by 11 of the 49 torpedoes launched at it.In the photo above, the Prince of Wales is left front and the Repulse, smoking, and also sunk in the attack, is behind.
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 8:10 AM 
