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GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #1 on:** April 24, 2005, 01:24:50 AM »

What air cover? The Royal Navy doesnt need bloody air cover!

Prince of Wales and Repulse getting sunk in December, 41 off Malaya.

Blooz · « **Reply #2 on:** April 24, 2005, 08:35:31 PM »

I don't know.

They look too fat to be warships. Look to me more like troop ships or freighters.

I'm gonna guess this is one of those friendly fire incidents where US planes bombed ships that unknowingly had prisoners aboard.

I don't have any names or dates but I remember reading about a few of this type of incident.

RTSigma · « **Reply #3 on:** April 24, 2005, 11:34:24 PM »

Worst bomb accuracy on ships ever.

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #4 on:** April 25, 2005, 12:02:09 AM »

Actually thats better than yiu could ever really hope for, considering it was level bombers against moving ships.

Read an eyewitness account of the sinkings here:

http://www.warship.org/no11986.htm

XrightyX · « **Reply #5 on:** April 25, 2005, 12:33:50 AM »

Argh, I can never get to these posts quick enough.

The picture and story are right here, too:

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-fornv/uk/uksh-p/pow12.htm

Amazes me how fat the ships look. I think of cruisers and BBs being sleak, but they really are quite tubby.

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #6 on:** April 25, 2005, 12:38:27 AM »

No honey, your bellybutton doesnt look fat in that...

Halo · « **Reply #7 on:** April 25, 2005, 10:39:57 PM »

Prince of Whales, a militant cruise ship with portholes. Quite an unflattering perspective. Now those sleek WWII destroyers -- that's what warships should look like.

brady · « **Reply #8 on:** April 26, 2005, 12:14:50 PM »

HMS Prince of Wales,It is (Top)

HMS Repulse, it is

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Image almost certainly taken from Type 96 (Nell) Bombers of Mihoro Ku, droping 250 KG bombs.