H.M.S. Prince of Wales
53
1940
(Neptun 1101b)
- Class: King George V - 5 battleships of 1936-37
- Displacement: 35,000 tons
- Dimensions: 700 (pp) 745 (oa) x 103 x 27.75 ft
- Machinery: 4-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 110,000 = 29 knots
- Armor: Main belt 14-15in, deck 5-6in, main turrets 9-16in, CT 16in
- Armament: 10-14in (2x4+1x2), 16-5.25in DP (8x2), 48-2pdr AA (6x8) guns, 4-20mm AA (4x1); 4 aircraft
- Complement: 1,553
- Builder: Cammell Laird, Birkenhead
- Laid Down: 1 Jan 1937
- Launched: 5 Mar 1939
- Commissioned: 31 Mar 1941
- Service: Home fleet 1940-41, Eastern fleet 1941. In company with HMS Hood, she engaged the German battleship Bismarck and cruiser Prinz Eugen in the Battle of the Denmark Strait, 24 May 1941. Sunk off Malaya by Japanese land-based naval bombers 10 Dec 1941, while in company with HMS Repulse.
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