[Photo] HMS Prince of Wales in 1941, some time before her 24 May engagement with Bismarck; note Supermarine Walrus aircraft being lowered on her side

HMS Prince of Wales in 1941, some time before her 24 May engagement with Bismarck; note Supermarine Walrus aircraft being lowered on her side

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HMS Prince of Wales in 1941, some time before her 24 May engagement with Bismarck; note Supermarine Walrus aircraft being lowered on her side ww2dbase

WW2-Era Location Name

Atlantic Ocean

Date

Mar 1941

Photographer

Unknown

Source Information

Source

ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives via United States Navy Naval History and Heritage Command

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Link

Identification Code

80-G-190724

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1. Dr. Julian H. Wulbern says:
5 Nov 2010 12:06:53 PM

During spring & summer 1941 a British Battleship was being repaired in drydock at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia. I was under the impression that she was the HMS Barham, but now realize that I was wrong. Can anyone tell an old man just which ship she might have been?

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