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Image: HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse underway with a destroyer on 10 December 1941 (HU 2762)

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Description: A heavily retouched Japanese photograph of HMS PRINCE OF WALES (upper) and REPULSE (lower) after being hit by Japanese torpedoes on 10 December 1941, off Malaya. A British destroyer can also be seen in the foreground. The sinkings were an appalling blow to British prestige.
Title: HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse underway with a destroyer on 10 December 1941 (HU 2762)
Credit: This photograph HU 2762 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author: Photograph by Underwood & Underwood
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
Attribution Required?: No

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