A retouched version, and the original image.
10th December 1941: Britain suffered heavy losses off the coast of Malaya at the midway point of the Second World War. Japanese torpedoes took out both HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse, delivering a heavy blow to British morale.
The photograph was taken from a Japanese aeroplane.
The retouched image can be found in the collection of the Imperial War Museum.
In Times Gone By... 
Reblogged this on battleoftheatlantic19391945 and commented:
H.M.SHIPS PRINCE OF WALES AND REPULSE; ABD MUCH OTHER W.W.II NAVAL HISTORY TO RESEARCH. BATTLE FOR THE PACIFIC/1941-1945, WAS BRUTAL W.W.II NAVAL WARFARE, WITH BRITAIN AND THE ROYAL NAVY SERVING TO THE MOST MUCH NEEDED, AND BEST CAPACITY…AS THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC/1939-1945, WAS PROBABLY THE FIRST CAMPAIGN ON THE ROYAL NAVY’S LIST.
ANY WAYS; RESEARCH IS THE REWARD, AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE MAKES YOU MORE INTELLIGENT…MILITARY PLUS, WISE!!!
BLOG CREDIT: On this Day, a HEAVY LOSS FOR BRITIAN IN W.W.II/1939-1945.
Still stands thine ancient sacrifice, a humble and a contrite heart; Lord God of Hosts be with us yet, LEST WE FORGET, LEST WE FORGET. Poem by Rudyard Kipling.
At the going down of the SUN, and in the MORNING; WE WILL REMEMBER THEM, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
Yours Aye: Brian Murza…Killick Vison, W.W.II Naval Researcher-Published Author, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.