The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
Friday, September 7, 2018
Chinese Pirates Plundering British Shipwrecks-- Part 1: HMS Repulse and Prince of Wales
From the August 18, 2018, Daily Mail (UK) "Desecration of British war graves: Chinese pirates plunder ten shipwrecks carrying remains of UK's Second World War heroes." Abul Taher and Nick Craven.
** Ten ships
** Final resting place of more than 1,000 British sailors
** Defence (British spelling) Secretary Gavin Williamson demands an immediate investigation
The ten ships are off the coasts of Malaysia and Indonesia.
HMS Prince of Wales
HMS Repulse
These two ships were part of Britain's Force Z.
835 men died on these two ships
Half of the Prince of Wales' hull has been plundered, mostly in the past two years. Some 327 died on this ship, including Admiral Tom Phillips, the highest-ranking British military figure to die in the war.
--GreGen
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