The sinking of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse on 10 December 1941.
Compiled and written by MARTIN MIDDLEBROOK , based on the book Battleship by MARTIN MIDDLEBROOK and PATRICK MAHONEY
Narrator Noel Johnson
Two days after the raid on Pearl Harbour a Japanese patrol plane spotted a British naval force 50 miles off the east coast of Malaya. Force Z, as it was called, included the new battleship HMS Prince of Wales, launched only two-and-a-half years before in May 1939, and the battle cruiser HMS Repulse, a veteran of the First World War. Other enemy aircraft were alerted and within the hour the British ships were under attack. In this programme some of the survivors recall their part in the battle.
Producer ALAN HAYDOCK