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British Royal Navy Battleship HMS Prince of Wales

By: DeAgostini

Type: Miniatures Pack

Product Line: Seacraft (DeAgostini)

Last Stocked on 7/12/2024

Product Info

Title
British Royal Navy Battleship HMS Prince of Wales
Publisher
Product Line
Publish Year
2019
Dimensions
10x4.75x1.75"
NKG Part #
2148161284
Type
Miniatures Pack

Description

The HMS Prince of Wales was a King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy, built at the Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead, England. She was involved in several key actions of the Second World War, including the battle of Denmark Strait against the German battleship Bismarck, operations escorting convoys in the Mediterranean, and her final action and sinking in the Pacific in 1941. Prince of Wales had an extensive battle history, first seeing action in August 1940 while still being outfitted in her drydock, being attacked and damaged by German aircraft. Her brief but storied career ended 10 December 1941, when Prince of Wales and battlecruiser HMS Repulse became the first capital ships to be sunk solely by air power on the open sea, a harbinger of the diminishing role this class of ships was subsequently to play in naval warfare. The wreck lies upside down in 223 feet (68 m) of water, near Kuantan, in the South China Sea.

Miniatures are supplied unpainted and some assembly may be required.