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Tamiya 78011 1/350 HMS Prince of Wales


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Weight: 1.2 kg
Description
  • World War Two
  • Royal Navy
  • King George V-class battleship
  • Battle of the Denmark Strait (22 May 1941) - Intercepting battleship Bismarck & heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen - HMS Prince of Wales, was with battlecruiser HMS Hood (sank, 1,419 crewmen were killed. Only 3 men survived) and six destroyers.
  • Battle of Malaya (マレー沖海戦) - Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse (10 December 1941) - Force Z (battleship Prince of Wales, battlecruiser Repulse and destroyers Electra, Express, Tenedos and HMAS Vampire) was ordered to attack Japanese transports at Kota Bharu, Prince of Wales and Repulse were bombed and hit by torpedoes from G3M Nell & G4M Betty at 11:00 and both were sunk ~2hrs later.

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HMS Prince of Wales
HMS Prince of Wales
HMS Prince of Wales was leaving Singapore on 8 December 1941 and sunk by Japanese aircraft on 10 December. [credit: Imperial War Museums]
HMS Repulse
HMS Repulse
HMS Repulse was leaving Singapore on 8 December 1941 and sunk by Japanese aircraft on 10 December. [credit: Imperial War Museums]
 
attack on Prince of Wales
attack on Prince of Wales
Japanese aerial photo of the attack on Prince of Wales (top) and Repulse. [10 Dec 1941]
abandoning HMS Prince of Wales
abandoning HMS Prince of Wales
sailors were leaving the abandoned HMS Prince of Wales. [10 December 1941]
 
G3M Nell
G3M Nell
G4M Betty
G4M Betty
G4M Betty