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Title: Name that ship?
Post by: swoopy on December 26, 2002, 06:35:57 PM

Have a guess

The winner gets an empty can of bitter:)

Title: Name that ship?
Post by: Steve on December 26, 2002, 06:38:39 PM

Looks like King George V to me.. could be one of the sister ships... Howe or Prince of Wales

Title: Name that ship?
Post by: Karnak on December 26, 2002, 06:56:32 PM

HMS Prince of Wales arriving in Singapore on December 2nd, 1941.

She was sunk on December 10th, 1941, becoming the first battleship to be sunk by aircraft while under way.  She was the last Allied capital ship active in the western Pacific at that time.

She was a great looking ship, and is probably my favorite battleship.  She only had a 9 month career, but it was very active.  Winston Churchill said that the single biggest shock he recieved the whole war was on hearing that she'd been sunk.

Title: Name that ship?
Post by: Karnak on December 26, 2002, 07:02:07 PM

The above edit was to add my personal comment and the Churchill note, not to change my call on the ship's identity.  I had no doubts of that the moment I saw it.

Title: Name that ship?
Post by: paintmaw on December 27, 2002, 12:06:31 AM

BTW Karnak , what was the fuel capacity and total weight by displacment :)

Title: Name that ship?
Post by: swoopy on December 27, 2002, 04:45:25 AM

congrats karnak very nice answer.