Bismarck/HMS Hood.

[Lou Barron]

It just goes to show even the big Royal Navy ships could be sunk look at the sinking of two of the navy s powerful ships the Repulse and the Prince of Wales ( Built in Cammel Lairds i saw the start of it getting built)but they did take a lot of sinking by the Japs.We got mixed up with a lot of these guys in thepow camp and i got to know alot of them .They use to tell us all about the action that sunk their ships

[Tony Wilding]

Massed aircraft attacks proved the day of the Battleship was over.

[Pete Jackson]

I joined the RN after Bridlington NESWT - joined as a 'Sparker'. My first Divisional Officer at HMS Mercury in '59 was a certain Lt. Ted Briggs, one of only three survivors from the 'Hood' tragedy. A gentle man as I recall but sadly, crossed the bar a couple of years ago. Best wishes to all - Pete Jackson

[Captain Kong]

Hi Lou,
There is an account of the sinking of the PoW and Repulse in this link., He was on PoW when she was sunk.......................
Sinking of Prince of Wales - Far Eastern Heroes. sinking_of_prince_of_wales.htmThe[/url] Sinking of HMS Prince of Wales and Repulse. As Told by John MacMillan
also his account of being a Jap POW he is a member of FEPoW Associatiroyal-navy/www.fareasterheroes.org.uk on.
,ON GOOGLE.
My mate Fred`s father in law survived the PoW sinking, he was picked up out of the sea, taken to Singapore and then to Ceylon. and survived the war.
Cheers
Brian

[Lou Barron]

Will look that site up it possible he could have been with us its hard for me to remember the names .Thanks for the info Brian