HMS Prince of Wales

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King George V-class battleship Royal Navy warship battleship

HMS Prince of Wales was a British King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy that saw significant action in World War II, including engagements against the German battleship Bismarck and service in the Pacific before being sunk by Japanese aircraft in 1941.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	King George V-class battleship → Royal Navy warship → battleship →
armament	10 × 14-inch (356 mm) main guns → anti-aircraft guns → secondary 5.25-inch dual-purpose guns →
assignedTo	Force Z →
battle	Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse →
builder	Cammell Laird →
carriedPerson	Prime Minister Winston Churchill →
causeOfLoss	aerial torpedoes → bomb damage →
commissioned	31 March 1941 →
conflict	World War II →
country	United Kingdom →
crewComplement	around 1,500 officers and men →
dateOfSinking	10 December 1941 →
displacement	about 35,000 long tons standard →
engagedShip	German battleship Bismarck → German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen →
event	Atlantic Charter conference →
fate	sunk →
flagshipOf	Force Z →
heritageDesignation	protected military maritime grave →
laidDown	1 January 1937 →
launched	3 May 1939 →
length	about 227 metres →
locationDuringEvent	off Newfoundland →
lostWith	HMS Repulse →
maximumSpeed	about 28 knots →
metWith	USS Augusta →
namesake	Prince of Wales →
notableAs	one of the first capital ships sunk solely by air power while at sea and under way →
operator	Royal Navy →
participatedIn	Battle of the Denmark Strait →
pennantNumber	53 →
placeBuilt	Birkenhead →
placeOfSinking	off Kuantan, Malaya →
propulsion	steam turbines →
serviceEntry	World War II →
shipClass	King George V class →
status	war grave →
sunkBy	Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft → land-based torpedo bombers →
theatreOfOperations	Atlantic Ocean → Indian Ocean → Pacific Ocean →
yearOfShipwreck	1941 →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen →	damaged
German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen ("British battleship HMS Prince of Wales") →	engaged
Operation Halberd ("battleship HMS Prince of Wales") →	escortIncluded
HMNB Portsmouth →	homePortOf
Lord Jellicoe →	notableCommand