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Far East disaster for the Royal Navy

10th December 1941: Britain's newest battleship and her accompanying battlecruiser have no defence against sustained airborne attack

Dec 10, 2021
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The battlecruiser HMS Repulse leading other Royal Navy capital ships during maneuvers, circa the late 1920s.

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