Eighty-four years ago today, Malaysian waters off Kuantan witnessed a pivotal moment in military history when Japanese ...

As Japan advanced through Southeast Asia, the British sent Force Z - battleship Prince of Wales, battlecruiser Repulse, and accompanying destroyers - into contested waters to deter invasion. Instead, ...

On December 10, 1941, the British Royal Navy suffered a devastating blow when HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse were sunk ...

Location: 50 miles off the coast of Malaya. Players: Force Z (HMS 'Prince of Wales' and HMS 'Repulse' under Admiral Tom Phillips); 88 Japanese aircraft from the First Air Force. HMS Prince of Wales ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Military technological revolutions rarely happen all at one time; they generally result from the evolution of several unrelated trends that “suddenly” result in new ...

Malaysia's coast guard said on Tuesday authorities were questioning the crew of a Chinese vessel detained on suspicion of looting two British World War II shipwrecks. Officers discovered unexploded ...

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Malaysia's maritime agency said Monday it found a cannon shell believed to be from World War II on a Chinese-registered vessel and was investigating if the barge carrier was involved in the looting of ...

The wreck of HMS Repulse, sunk in 1941 off Malaysia and classified as a war grave, has been "rigged up with home-made bombs and fuses waiting for detonation", according to a diver who visited the site ...

Re: William Clarke, Able seaman, HMS Repulse, Born 1922. My grandfather Danny, and his brother Billy, were both serving in the Navy during the Second World War. Billy had been posted on the ill-fated ...