HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse had arrived in Singapore on the 2nd of December 1941. After receiving news of a Japanese convoy heading towards Malaya, the Prince of Wales, Repulse, and four destroyers Electra, Express, Vampire and Tenedos, sailed from Singapore at 17.10 on 8th December. Churchill had publicly announced that the Prince of Wales and Repulse were being sent to Singapore.  Admiral Yamamoto then reinforced his Air Groups with… Read More »