Tamiya 617(31617) 1/700 HMS Repulse Print this pagePrint this page
Tamiya 617(31617) 1/700 HMS Repulse
Price: HK$225.00


Availability: [In Stock]
Weight: 0.3 kg
Description
  • World War Two
  • Royal Navy
  • Renown-class battlecruiser, was built during the First World War.
  • The Second Battle of Heligoland Bight (1917)
  • reconstruction (1920s ~ 1930s) - increased her armour protection & other improvement
  • protected international shipping during the Spanish Civil War (1936 ~ 1939)
  • Norwegian Campaign (April ~ June 1940)
  • 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 Repulse was leaving Singapore on 8 December 1941 and sunk by Japanese aircraft on 10 December. [credit: Imperial War Museums]
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Japanese aerial photo of the attack on Prince of Wales (top) and Repulse. [10 Dec 1941]