Title

Battlecruiser HMS 'Repulse', 1937. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Battlecruiser HMS 'Repulse', 1937. Launched in 1916, HMS 'Repulse' saw action in the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight in November 1917. Deployed to the Far East in the Second World War, she was sunk, together with the battleship HMS 'Prince of Wales' by Japanese air attack off Ceylon in December 1941. The sinking of two such powerful vessels purely by use of aircraft revolutionised naval warfare. The aircraft carrier took over from the battleship as the most potent naval weapon. Cigarette card from The Navy series, produced by Senior Service Cigarettes, 1937.
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Date

1937

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C30_462

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

32,2Mb (1,4Mb) / 13,8in x 9,0in / 4149 x 2709 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation people male man men guy ship ships British war century Britain thirties first world war concept Navy B&W sailor MONOCHROME warfare sailors World War I WWI World War II World War two naval warfare WWII water transport warship black & white black and white B W 1930s world war 2 World War One 20th century Royal Navy The Print Collector 1st World War battlecruiser cigarette card HMS Repulse Second World War WW1 WW2 photograph 2nd World War Unknown photograph