AT SEA, OFF MALAYA, 1941-12-10. THE BRITISH BATTLESHIP HMS PRINCE OF WALES SINKING AFTER BEING ...

Place Asia: Malaya
Accession Number P01101.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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AT SEA, OFF MALAYA, 1941-12-10. THE BRITISH BATTLESHIP HMS PRINCE OF WALES SINKING AFTER BEING HIT BY JAPANESE BOMBS AND TORPEDOES ON 1941-12-10. Z FORCE, COMPRISING THE BATTLESHIPS PRINCE OF WALES AND HMS REPULSE AND FOUR DESTROYERS, INCLUDING THE AUSTRALIAN VESSEL HMAS VAMPIRE, HAD LEFT SINGAPORE ON 1941-12-08. (DONOR H.J. COLE)