Special 1: HMS Warspite
History of the Second World War
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The Battleship Prince of Wales and the Battle Cruiser Repulse Sinking
The Prince of Wales and the battle cruiser Repulse were sunk by Japanese aircraft near Malaya. The news that these two ships had been sunk was hard for the crewmen aboard the warspight to hear. We realized how vulnerable a battleship might be to aircraft. This was in the days of the British Empire which really meant something. But this was the end of it really. It was because of the sinking of the Repulse and the Prince of Wales that we suddenly had a lot more anti-aircraft weapons put on the warspights.
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