HMS Prince of Wales
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HMS Prince of Wales

1939 King George V-class battleship


Service Entry
January 19, 1941
Commissioning Date
January 19, 1941
Manufacturer
Cammell Laird
Operator
Royal Navy
Vessel Type
battleship, King George V-class battleship
Pennant Number
53
Current Location
3° 34' 36", 104° 29' 42"

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HMS Prince of Wales (53) was the second of the King George V-class battleships built for the Royal Navy in the 1930s. Commissioned in 1941, the ship saw action during World War II, including the hunt for the German battleship Bismarck in May 1941. The Prince of Wales also participated in the sinking of the German battleship Scharnhorst in December 1943. The ship was heavily damaged by Japanese air attacks in the South China Sea in December 1941, leading to its sinking along with HMS Repulse. The loss of the Prince of Wales and Repulse highlighted the vulnerability of capital ships to air attacks without adequate air cover. The wreck of the Prince of Wales was discovered in 2007 off the coast of Malaysia. The ship remains a significant piece of naval history, symbolizing the changing nature of naval warfare during World War II and the strategic challenges faced by the Royal Navy during the conflict.

This description has been generated using GPT-3.5-TURBO based on the Vessel's wikidata information and then modified by ShipIndex.org staff.

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Prince of Wales, HMS (1939)
Book Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia Illustration
Author Lincoln P. Paine
Published Houghton Mifflin, Boston,
ISBN 0585109486, 9780585109480, 0395715563, 9780395715567
Pages 46, 63-64, 250, 287, 382, 405 [corrected], 407, 428, 579
Prince of Wales, HMS: Admiralty object to Far East move Subscribe to view
Prince of Wales, HMS: allocated to Eastern Fleet Subscribe to view
Prince of Wales, HMS: and Colombo Subscribe to view
Prince of Wales, HMS: arrives Capetown Subscribe to view
Prince of Wales, HMS: at Scapa, May 1941 Subscribe to view
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Prince of Wales, HMS: Bismarck operations Subscribe to view
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Prince of Wales, HMS: failure of 14-in armament Subscribe to view
Prince of Wales, HMS: in Force H for 'Halberd' convoy to Malta Subscribe to view
Prince of Wales, HMS: leaves Clyde for Singapore Subscribe to view
Prince of Wales, HMS: leaves Singapore, attacked by aircraft Subscribe to view
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