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HMS Repulse (1916) |
Type: |
Battlecruiser |
Class: |
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Builder: |
John Brown & Company Clydebank, Scotland |
Pennant Number: |
34 |
Ordered: |
December 29, 1914 |
Launched: |
January 8, 1916 |
Keel Laid: |
January 25, 1915 |
Commissioned: |
August 18, 1916 |
Fate: |
Sunk Dec. 10, 1941 by Japanese land based aircraft (bombed and torpedoed). Location: South China Sea, 67 miles east of Pekan, Malaysia. (03.37N - 104.21E ) 513 crewmen were killed, 796 survivors were picked up by HMS Electra H-27 and HMAS Vampire D-68. |
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Builder's Data |
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Page published Feb. 20, 2008 |