Force Z

[Diagram by types of ship]

Start: Wednesday December 10, 1941

Destruction of the British battleships Prince of Wale and Repulse off Malaysia by Japanese planes while they were attempting to thwart the Japanese landings

Place: Singapore, Malaysia

AlliedAxis
Forces
  • Philips (Force Z, trying to intercept the landing convoys off Malaysia): 1 battleship, 1 battlecruiser, 4 destroyers.
  • Vigors (453 Sqn, based à Sembawang, equipped with Buffalo): 10 fighters.
Total: 1 battleship, 1 battlecruiser, 4 destroyers, 10 fighters		Matsunaga (22°air flotilla, based in Indochina): 51 torpedo planes, 34 heavy bombers, 11 scouting planes.
Losses 1 battleship, 1 battlecruiser lost.
930 deads.		 3 airplanes lost.


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Made by LemaireSoft on July 1, 2001