マレー沖海戦 – Repulse & Prince of Wales Sunk – Dec. 10,1941

Escaping the Prince of wales Dec 10, 1941; Wikimedia Commons

The British battleship HMS Prince of Wales and battle cruiser  HMS Repulse were sunk by land-based Japanese bombers north of Singapore, off the east coast of Malaya on December 10, 1941.

The sinking of these proud ships struck a serious blow to Allied morale. More importantly, the Pearl Harbor attack and this Malayan engagement demonstrated that even heavily-armed ships that were not protected by air cover were quite vulnerable to air attack. Thereafter the Allies placed heavy emphasis on aircraft carriers over battleships.

 

 

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