More than 800 sailors were killed when the HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse were torpedoed by Japanese aircraft — three days after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Malaysia detained the cargo ship suspected of pillaging the HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse, the gravesites of Royal Navy sailors killed in late 1941.

The HMS Repulse is one of the British battleships the barge is suspected of looting. It was torpedoed by Japan in 1941. Getty Images ...

HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse were built with high-quality steel, according to reports. As such, the wrecks are a lucrative source of scraps that can be smelted and reused.

James ‘Jim’ Wren survived the sinking of HMS Repulse in December 1941 after it was torpedoed in the South China Sea.

Summary and Key Points: The sinking of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse by Imperial Japan on December 10, 1941, marked a pivotal moment in the Second World War and signaled the end of ...

Malaysian media reported that illegal salvage operators are believed to have targeted the HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales, which were sunk in 1941 by Japanese torpedoes.

The battleship HMS Prince of Wales and the battlecruiser HMS Repulse were sunk by the Japanese three days after Pearl Harbor, and more than 840 men were lost.

The Duchess of Edinburgh took on her busiest print of 2025 as she stepped out to meet a WW2 veteran on Tuesday ahead of VJ Day. Duchess Sophie, 60, was seen debuting the 'Nancy' dress by Lexy London, ...

Jim Wren is the last survivor from HMS Repulse and one of the oldest living veterans from World War Two.

105-year-old taken as PoW after torpedo attack tells Sophie of VJ Day liberation James ‘Jim’ Wren survived the sinking of HMS Repulse in December 1941 after it was torpedoed in the South China ...