HMS Prince of Wales
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March 5, 1939: Launch of the Prince of Wales at Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, England.

 

Prince of Wales probably on sea trials.

 

May 1941: HMS Prince of Wales before the Battle of the Denmark Strait.

 

May 24, 1941: HMS Prince of Wales seen burning (center) and HMS Hood seen on the right burning at
the Battle of the Denmark Strait. (Note the shell splashes to the left of Hood.)

 

HMS Prince of Wales seen after the Battle of the Denmark Strait. (Note the damage near the second funnel.)

 



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