WWII HMS REPULSE SMALL PHOTO - 4 MEN FROM SHIP - SUNK BY JAPANESE AIRCRAFT 1941

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PHOTO TAKEN AT WABANA, BELL ISLAND, NEWFOUNDLAND IN FRONT OF HIGGINS STORE.
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LOT BOX 423
PHOTO SIZE APPROX. 2.5" X 3.5"
HMS
Repulse
was one of two
Renown
-class
battlecruisers
built for the
Royal Navy
during the
First World War
. Originally laid down as an improved version of the
Revenge
-class
battleships, her construction was suspended on the outbreak of war because she would not be ready in time.
Admiral Lord Fisher
, upon becoming
First Sea Lord
, gained approval to resume construction as a battlecruiser that could be built and enter service quickly. The
Director of Naval Construction
(DNC),
Eustace Tennyson-d'Eyncourt
, quickly produced an entirely new design to meet Admiral Lord Fisher's requirements and the builders agreed to deliver the ship in 15 months. They did not quite meet that ambitious goal, but the ship was delivered a few months after the
Battle of Jutland
in 1916.
Repulse
and her
sister ship
Renown
, were the world's fastest
capital ships
upon completion.
Repulse
participated in the
Second Battle of Heligoland Bight
in 1917; the only combat she saw during the war. She was reconstructed twice between the wars; the 1920s reconstruction increased her armour protection and made lesser improvements, while the 1930s reconstruction was much more thorough.
Repulse
accompanied the battlecruiser
Hood
during the
Cruise of the Special Service Squadron
a round-the-world cruise in 1923–1924 and protected international shipping during the
Spanish Civil War
in 1936–1939.
The ship spent the first months of the
Second World War
hunting for German raiders and blockade runners. She participated in the
Norwegian Campaign
of April–June 1940 and searched for the German battleship
Bismarck
in 1941.
Repulse
escorted a troop convoy around the
Cape of Good Hope
from August to October 1941 and was transferred to
East Indies Command
. She was assigned in November to
Force Z
which was supposed to deter Japanese aggression against British possessions in the Far East.
Repulse
and her
consort
, the battleship
Prince of Wales
, were sunk by Japanese aircraft on 10 December 1941 when they attempted to intercept landings in
British Malaya
.
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