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Sinking of HMS Prince of Wales
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Sinking_of_HMS_Prince_of_Wales
GPTKB entity
Statements (30)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:marine
gptkbp:casualties
327 killed (Prince of Wales)
513 killed (Repulse)
gptkbp:combatant
gptkb:Empire_of_Japan
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:commander
gptkb:Tom_Phillips
Matsunaga Sadaaki
gptkbp:consequence
Enabled Japanese invasion of Malaya and Singapore
End of British naval power in the Far East
gptkbp:date
10 December 1941
gptkbp:fleetSize
gptkb:Force_Z
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Sinking of HMS Prince of Wales
gptkbp:location
gptkb:South_China_Sea
off the coast of Kuantan, Malaya
gptkbp:notableDeath
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_Tom_Phillips
gptkbp:partOf
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:perpetrator
gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy_Air_Service
gptkbp:rescuedBy
gptkb:HMS_Express
gptkb:HMS_Vampire
gptkb:HMS_Electra
gptkbp:result
Japanese victory
gptkbp:shipsSunk
gptkb:HMS_Prince_of_Wales
gptkb:HMS_Repulse
gptkbp:significance
First time capital ships sunk solely by air power while at sea
gptkbp:usedInAircraft
gptkb:aircraft
torpedo bombers
high-level bombers
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Malayan_Campaign
gptkb:Commodore_John_Leach
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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