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HMS Prince of Wales Naval Artwork


Naval Art Countries Royal Navy Ships HMS Prince of Wales

[UP] - HMS Victory - HMS Hood (1918) - HMS Temeraire (1798) - HMS Ark Royal (1937) - HMS Warspite - HMS Prince of Wales - HMS Hermes - HMS Lion (1910) - Carmania to HMS Audacious - HMS Aurora to HMS Cavalier - HMS Celandine to HMS Duke William - HMS Dunedin to HMS Ganges - HMS Glasgow to HMS Jamaica - HMS Java to HMS Mersey - HMS Minotaur to HMS Princess Royal - HMS Queen to HMS Southampton - HMS Spartan to HMS Undaunted - HMS Unrivalled to Shaitan


HMS Prince of Wales Naval Art Prints, Paintings and Drawings

Final Farewell by Randall Wilson.


Final Farewell by Randall Wilson.
6 of 7 editions available.
The one edition featuring an additional signature is available.
£2.20 - £500.00

HMS Hood by Ivan Berryman


HMS Hood by Ivan Berryman
8 editions.
One edition features an additional signature.
£2.20 - £500.00

Enter the Prince by Anthony Saunders


Enter the Prince by Anthony Saunders
7 editions.
£2.20 - £400.00


HMS Hood Engages Bismarck by Ivan Berryman.


HMS Hood Engages Bismarck by Ivan Berryman.
5 editions.
One edition features an additional signature.
£9.00 - £180.00

HMS Repulse by Ivan Berryman.


HMS Repulse by Ivan Berryman.
8 editions.
£2.20 - £5100.00

The Brits Get Burned by Stan Stokes.


The Brits Get Burned by Stan Stokes.
3 editions.
£35.00 - £550.00


HMS Prince of Wales by Brian Wood.


HMS Prince of Wales by Brian Wood.
7 editions.
£10.00 - £1800.00

HMS Prince of Wales by Ivan Berryman.

HMS Prince of Wales by Ivan Berryman.
2 editions.
£30.00 - £35.00



Text for the above items :

Final Farewell by Randall Wilson.

HMS Hood leads HMS prince of Wales past the Orkney islands as they build up steam to make a course to intercept the mighty German battleship Bismarck.


HMS Hood by Ivan Berryman

Pride of the Royal Navy, the mighty Hood rolls majestically in the north Atlantic swell as HMS Prince of Wales holds station off her starboard bow.


Enter the Prince by Anthony Saunders

HMS Prince of Wales enters Valetta harbour, Malta.


HMS Hood Engages Bismarck by Ivan Berryman.

The moment shortly after dawn on 24th May 1941 when HMS Hood, in company with HMS Prince of Wales, opens fire on the Bismarck, setting in motion one of the greatest sea dramas the world had seen.


HMS Repulse by Ivan Berryman.

Wearing her unusual black and white disruptive colour scheme, HMS Repulse is pictured as part of Force Z in company with HMS Prince of Wales and the destroyer Vampire. These two mighty battleships were to be lost within hours of each other, the victims of intense Japanese air strikes. Vampire and the destroyer Electra were on hand to pick up survivors from both ships.


The Brits Get Burned by Stan Stokes.

Twenty-four hours prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor Japanese fighters near the Gulf of Siam shot down a RAF Catalina flying boat. The RAF aircraft had stumbled across the Japanese Southern Expeditionary Fleet proceeding to Malaya with a powerful invasion force. With many of its carriers approaching Pearl Harbor, the Japanese invasion force was dependent on land-based air cover. The Japanese Navys 22nd Air Flotilla had relocated to bases in French Indochina. Also within range were Army aircraft flying out of the Saigon area. The Japanese had several hundred aircraft at their disposal. On the British side there was a collection of approximately 150 mostly obsolete and poorly maintained aircraft including Brewster Buffalos, Vildebeast torpedo bombers, Blenheim light bombers, and Hudson patrol aircraft. The British had reinforced their naval forces in the area in November with the arrival of Force Z. Force Z included the old battle cruiser Repulse and the new state-of-the-art battleship Prince of Wales. It had also included the aircraft carrier Indomitable, but that ship had unhappily run aground in the West Indies. Force Z was sent north, under radio silence, to seek out the Japanese invasion force. Guided by some reports from a submarine, a force of 53 Japanese aircraft from the 22nd Air Flotilla took off on a mission to intercept the British force. Flying twin-engine G3M Nell and G4M1 Betty bombers, mostly armed with torpedoes, the Japanese pilots flew southwards through darkness and heavy clouds. Finally spotting something, the aircraft proceeded to attack position, but realized at the last minute that they were preparing to attack Admiral Ozawas flagship. About the same time, Force Z made contact with two scout planes launched from Ozawas cruisers. Disappointed that they had lost any element of surprise, the British force turned back. The next day the force was spotted by Japanese reconnaissance aircraft and their position was established for another attack force of nearly 100 aircraft. The Repulse was attacked first by a low level bombing run by Nells. Two waves of torpedo bomber attacks then followed. Captain Tennant, the ships commander twisted and swerved his ship, managing to dodge all the torpedoes. A third wave resulted in a single torpedo hit; exposing the old ship to nine more torpedo bombers. Four more torpedoes struck home, and the Repulse rolled over and sunk. The Prince of Wales was attacked by an initial wave of nine torpedo bombers, and suffered two hits. Mortally wounded she was attacked by a second wave of torpedo bombers. This time 4 more torpedoes struck home. She capsized and sank a few hours after the Repulse had preceded her. The demise of the Repulse and the Prince of Wales marked the end of the Battleship Era. Never again could powerful ships feel any security as long as unopposed enemy airpower was in range.


HMS Prince of Wales by Brian Wood.

HMS Prince of Wales is shown firing on the Bismarck and in the background a huge black cloud is all that is left of HMS Hood.


HMS Prince of Wales by Ivan Berryman.

Seen here from the deck of an escorting destroyer.


HMS Prince of Wales



Launched : 3rd May 1939
HMS Prince of Wales, was built by Cammell Laird and launched on the 3rd May 1939. She served with the home fleet during 1940 - 1941, and in company with HMS Hood, engaged the Bismarck and Prinz Eugen on 24th May 1941, but broke of the engagement after receiving damage. She was at Singapore in October 1941, but was sunk off Malaya along with HMS Repulse by Japanese Torpedo Aircraft on the 10th December 1941.

Sunk 10th December 1941.

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