The Fuzhou-registered vessel was found to be carrying an artillery shell and scrap metal believed to be at least 80 years old.
HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse were both attacked and sunk by aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Navy on December 10, 1941, just days after Pearl Harbour. The sinking of the two ships is ...
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 ...
Ammunition believed to be from the HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse, which were sunk by Japanese forces more than 80 years ago, was then found on board. The UK Ministry of Defence had earlier ...
This cosy domestic scene in Darrowby was violently interrupted with news that Mrs Hall’s son Edward’s ship, HMS Repulse, had been sunk. Here then was an overdue prominent storyline for ...
The sinking by Japanese aircraft of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse in December 1941 and the subsequent loss of Singapore was a grievous blow to British morale. But have historians misunderstood ...