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HMS Prince of Wales (British Battleship, 1941)

Photographed in 1941, sometime prior to her 24 May 1941 engagement with the German battleship Bismarck. She is lowering a Supermarine "Walrus" amphibian aircraft over the side.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

Source: http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-fornv/uk/uksh-p/pow12.htm


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current07:13, 5 June 2022Thumbnail for version as of 07:13, 5 June 20221,439 × 482 (288 KB)Meeepmep (talk | contribs)Cropped 21 % vertically using CropTool with lossless mode.
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11:29, 31 October 2005Thumbnail for version as of 11:29, 31 October 2005740 × 506 (234 KB)Igiveup (talk | contribs)HMS Prince of Wales (British Battleship, 1941) Photographed in 1941, sometime prior to her 24 May 1941 engagement with the German battleship Bismarck. She is lowering a Supermarine "Walrus" amphibian aircraft over the side. Official U.S. Navy Photograph

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