It is more crucial than ever that the memories of those who lost their lives on these two WW2 ships are properly preserved and honoured.

When the Prince of Wales went down during World War II, it marked the end of the battleship era. Here's why the naval tech just couldn't stick around.

One of the oldest surviving veterans of World War II has told the Duchess of Edinburgh about his experience being held as a prisoner of war by Japanese troops, after his Royal Navy ship faced "torpedo ...

Malaysia detained the cargo ship suspected of pillaging the HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse, the gravesites of Royal Navy sailors killed in late 1941.

Today, the battleship HMS Prince of Wales rests upside down 223 feet beneath the waves near Kuantan in the South China Sea. The battlecruiser HMS Repulse lies several miles away from its sister ship.

The battleship HMS Prince of Wales and the battlecruiser HMS Repulse were sunk by the Japanese three days after Pearl Harbor, and more than 840 men were lost.

HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse were built with high-quality steel, according to reports. As such, the wrecks are a lucrative source of scraps that can be smelted and reused.

According to the National Museum of the Royal Navy, 842 men died in the sinking of the HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse on December 10, 1941, which it described as “one of the worst disasters ...

According to the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency, authorities found cannon shells from HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse aboard the vessel.