HMS Repulse, possibly at Sydney, Australia.

(Photo courtesy of Dennis Lowe)

 

HMS Repulse, date and location unknown.

 

HMS Repulse, date and location unknown.

 

December 10, 1941 HMS Prince of Wales (top) and HMS Repulse under attack by Japanese aircraft off Malaysia.

 

A Japanese postcard showing the destruction of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse.
The translation reads;
(bottom of card) "Sea Battle off Malaya 10 December 1941"
(left side) "Our Sea Eagles deliver a crushing blow to the main strength of the English Far Eastern Fleet, Prince of Wales and Repulse"

The (Osaka) postmark reads: "Great East Asia War 1st anniversary" Note what
appears to be the silhouettes of a battleship (complete with pagoda mast) and a tank on the postmark.

The small writing next to the picture reads: "Navy Ministry permit No. 2806", presumably some kind of censor's approval.

The aircraft depicted are Mitsubishi Type 96 attack bombers, ironically enough already obsolescent by late 1941.

(Translation by Mark Wescott)