Image: HMS Repulse escorting a troop convoy A6793

Description: The Royal Navy during the Second World War The battlecruiser HMS REPULSE, painted in a dazzle camouflage scheme, while escorting the last troop convoy to reach Singapore. The ship was sunk a few days later with great loss of life on 10 December 1941 by Japanese torpedoes. The sinking, along with that of HMS PRINCE OF WALES, was an appalling blow to British prestige in the Far East.
Title: HMS Repulse escorting a troop convoy A6793
Credit: http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//17/media-17819/large.jpg This is photograph A 6793 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author: Abrahams, H J (Lieutenant), Royal Navy official photographer
Permission: This image was created and released by the Imperial War Museum on the IWM Non Commercial Licence. Photographs taken, or artworks created, by a member of the forces during their active service duties are covered by Crown Copyright provisions. Faithful reproductions may be reused under that licence, which is considered expired 50 years after their creation.
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License: Public domain
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