Malaysia's coast guard said on Tuesday authorities were questioning the crew of a Chinese vessel detained on suspicion of looting two British World War II shipwrecks. Officers discovered unexploded ...

Embark on a compelling journey through history as we delve into the dramatic events surrounding the sinking of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse. Discover the strategies, challenges, and heroic ...

Location: 50 miles off the coast of Malaya. Players: Force Z (HMS 'Prince of Wales' and HMS 'Repulse' under Admiral Tom Phillips); 88 Japanese aircraft from the First Air Force. HMS Prince of Wales ...

News of the sinking of the British Royal Navy warships HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse by Japanese military pilots in the Pacific rippled around the world. It was Dec. 10, 1941, just days after ...

My father-in-law, Ted Smith ,was a survivor from HMS Repulse which was sunk in December 1941. He was injured and subsequently picked up and taken to the General Hospital in Singapore until early in ...

The sinking of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse with the loss of more than 800 lives remains one of the worst losses in British naval history. But now an unseemly row has broken out over plans to ...

The wreck of HMS Repulse, sunk in 1941 off Malaysia and classified as a war grave, has been "rigged up with home-made bombs and fuses waiting for detonation", according to a diver who visited the site ...

Re: William Clarke, Able seaman, HMS Repulse, Born 1922. My grandfather Danny, and his brother Billy, were both serving in the Navy during the Second World War. Billy had been posted on the ill-fated ...

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