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n 223 feet 68 m of water at 3 33 36 n 104 28 42 e 3 56000 n 104 47833 e 3 56000 104 47833 a royal navy white ensign attached to a line on a buoy tied to a propeller shaft is periodically renewed the wreck site was designated a protected place in 2001 under the protection of military remains act 1986 just prior to the 60th anniversary of her sinking the ship s bell was manually raised in 2002 by british technical divers with the permission of the ministry of defence and blessing of the force z survivors association it was restored then presented for display by first sea lord and chief of naval staff admiral sir alan west to the merseyside maritime museum in liverpool the bell has been since moved to the national museum of the royal navy at the portsmouth historic dockyard for display in the hear my story galleries in may 2007 expedition job 74 32 a dedicated survey of the exterior hull of both prince of wales and repulse was conducted the expedition s findings sparked considerable interest among naval architects and marine engineers around the world as they detailed the nature of the damage to prince of wales and the exact location and number of torpedo strike holes consequently the findings contained in the initial expedition report 32 and later supplementary reports 36 37 were analysed by the sname society of naval architects and marine engineers 38 marine forensics committee and a resultant paper was drawn up entitled death of a battleship a re analysis of the tragic loss of hms prince of wales and was subsequently presented at a meeting of rina royal institution of naval architects 39 and imarest institute of marine engineering science technology 40 members in london in 2009 by mr william garzke this report was also presented to the imarest this time in new york in 2011 however in 2012 the original paper was updated and expanded and renamed death of a battleship the loss of hms prince of wales a marine forensics analysis of the sinking 29 in light of a subsequent diver being able to penetrate deep into the port outer propeller shaft tunnel with a high definition camera taking photos along the entire length of the propeller shaft all the way to the aft bulkhead of b engine room memorial park of hms repulse and hms prince of wales at kuantan in october 2014 the daily telegraph reported that both prince of wales and repulse were being extensively damaged with explosives by scrap metal dealers 41 it is a tradition for passing royal navy ships to perform a remembrance service over the site of the wrecks 42 in may 2023 it was reported that a chinese ship chuan hong 68 illegally scavenged the wreck for its low background steel 43 44 in july 2024 this same vessel chuan hong 68 suspected of not only looting the wrecks of force z 45 but other world war ii wrecks in asian waters was back working in the region and was subsequently detained by malaysia authorities for paperwork violations 46 replica bell for successor edit in spring 2019 cammell laird was commissioned to make a replica of the ship s bell for the ship s successor hms prince of wales r09 the second queen elizabeth class aircraft carrier the original at the national museum of the royal navy s portsmouth historic dockyard location was surveyed as part of the process cammell laird were able to contact utley offshore in st helens the foundry that made the original bell and that of rms titanic which still had the pattern based on the 1908 admiralty design compared to the bronze or bell metal that is used in most modern ship bells nickel silver was used for authenticity the engraving was done by shawcross in birkenhead while cammell laird shipwrights constructed the hardwood base cammell laird coo tony graham presented the finished replica to commanding officer captain darren houston during the ship s week long visit to liverpool in march 2020 47 48 refits edit during her career prince of wales was refitted on several occasions to bring her equipment up to date the following are the dates and details of the refits undertaken 49 dates location description of work may 1941 rosyth 4 type 282 radar and 4 type 285 radar added 50 june july 1941 rosyth up projectors removed 2 8 barrelled and 1 4 barrelled 2 pdr pom poms added type 271 radar added 50 51 november 1941 cape town 7 single 20 mm added 50 references edit notes edit the king george v class battleships had their steam plant specifications revised during the building phase and as built the ships actually produced 110 000 shp at 230 rpm and were designed for an overload power of 125 000 shp which was exceeded in service 7 8 citations edit 1 2 gough barry 3 march 2010 prince of wales and repulse churchill s veiled threat reconsidered international churchill society raven and roberts p 107 1 2 konstam p 20 1 2 3 garzke p 177 campbell p 15 garzke p 249 raven and roberts pp 284 304 1 2 garzke p 191 garzke p 238 1 2 garzke p 253 brown 1995 p 28 1 2 chesneau p 6 garzke p 227 1 2 garzke p 229 garzke p 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war battle summary no 14 revised loss of h m ships prince of wales and repulse 10 december 1941 external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to hms prince of wales ship 1941 list of crew archived 29 august 2006 at the wayback machine newsreel footage of operation halberd as filmed from prince of wales photos of prince of wales at maritimequest v t e king george v class battleships king george v prince of wales duke of york anson howe preceded by nelson class followed by lion class planned hms vanguard actual list of dreadnought battleships of the royal navy v t e shipwrecks and maritime incidents in december 1941 shipwrecks 2 dec virsaitis 6 dec hms perseus 7 dec uss arizona uss california uss cassin cynthia olson uss downes ha 19 m 16 m 18 m 20 m 22 uss nevada uss oglala uss oklahoma sauternes uss shaw u 208 uss utah uss west virginia hmcs windflower 8 dec ss capillo nisqually uss penguin hms peterel ravnaas 10 dec hms banka uss bittern i 70 hms prince of wales hms repulse takao maru no 10 uss yp 16 11 dec hayate kisaragi hms lady shirley 12 dec awazisan maru hms moth hms tamar 13 dec alberico da barbiano alberto di giussano 14 dec hms galatea 15 dec empire barracuda hnlms o 16 u 127 16 dec u 557 17 dec corregidor ro 66 shinonome u 131 18 dec u 434 19 dec hms neptune hnlms o 20 hms stanley u 574 20 dec emidio hms kandahar 21 dec hms audacity hms cicala hnlms k xvii u 451 u 567 23 dec hayataka maru montebello patrol boat no 32 patrol boat no 33 shuntien u 79 24 dec absaroka hnlms k xvi uss rochester sagiri hms salvia 25 dec empire dragon uss sealion hms thracian 26 dec unyo maru no 2 27 dec arayat canlaon 28 dec banahao dch 1 u 75 volo ss connecticut 29 dec brp banahaw ro 60 unknown date hms h31 uss nereus hms triumph vizcaya other incidents 7 dec uss gamble uss maryland uss pennsylvania uss tennessee uss thresher uss vestal 8 dec awazisan maru uss thresher 9 dec i 10 10 dec oigawa maru uss sealion 11 dec hms jackal 16 dec hms thracian 17 dec ro 62 20 dec 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