- Type of Memorial
- Stone of remembrance
- WMR Reference Number
- 62968
- Description
- Free standing rectangular stone of polished black granite set on a two-stepped base, the first step being of grey stone (possibly marble), the second being of black granite.
On the front face of the stone, the badges of HMS Repulse, the Royal Navy, the Royal Marines and HMS Prince of Wales are engraved above a commemoration and depictions of the battleships. The reverse face of the stone has detailed histories of each ship. The base stone is inscribed with details of the dedication ceremony.
- Inscription
- [Front face]: HMS REPULSE + HMS PRINCE OF WALES/ 10TH DECEMBER 1941/ 840 SAILORS WERE LOST, 513 IN HMS REPULSE AND 327 IN HMS PRINCE OF WALES/ THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF ALL THOSE WHO SERVED/ MANY SURVIVORS OF THIS BATTLE DIED AS JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR/ MAY THEIR COURAGE DEDICATION AND SACRIFICE NEVER BE FORGOTTEN/ THOSE WHO GO DOWN TO THE SEA IN GREAT SHIPS SEE THE WORKS OF THE LORD AND THE WONDERS OF THE DEEP/THIS MEMORIAL WAS DEDICATED 10TH DECEMBER 2011 IN THE PRESENCE OF THE FEW SURVIVORS
[Back face]: HMS REPULSE/ THIS RENOWN CLASS BATTLECRUISER BUILT BY JOHN BROWN'S, CLYDEBANK, SCOTLAND, WAS LAID DOWN 25TH JANUARY/ 1915, LAUNCHED 8TH JANUARY 1916 AND COMMISSIONED 8TH AUGUST 1916./ SEPTEMBER 1916 JOINED THE GRAND FLEET AS FLAGSHIP 1ST BATTLECRUISER SQUADRON * NOVEMBER 1917 REPULSE TOOK/ PART IN THE BATTLE OF HELIGOLAND BIGHT * 1925 WORLD TOUR BY PRINCE OF WALES * APRIL 1932-MARCH 1936/ REBUILT AT PORTSMOUTH * JULY 1936 AT ALEXANDRIA DUE TO ABYSSINIAN CRISIS* OUTBREAK OF SPANISH WAR,/ REPULSE INVOLVED IN REFUGEE WORK * 18TH JUNE 1940 CAPTAIN WILLIAM TENNANT APPOINTED CAPTAIN * DURING/ 1940 REPULSE OPERATED OFF NORWAY AND THEN CONVOY DUTIES UNTIL AUTUMN 1941 * OCTOBER 1941REPULSE JOINED/ THE EAST INDIES STATION. * ARRIVED AT SINGAPORE ON THE 2ND DECEMBER 1941. * 8TH DECEMBER 1941 LEFT SINGAPORE/ AS PART OF FORCE Z WITH HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS PRINCE OF WALES, ELECTRA, EXPRESS, TENEDOS AND HMAS VAMPIRE./ 10TH DECEMBER 1941 SUNK OFF KUANTAN ON THE MALAYAN COAST BY JAPANESE TORPEDO AND BOMBER AIRCRAFT./
HMS PRINCE OF WALES/ THIS KING GEORGE V CLASS BATTLESHIP BUILT BY CAMMELL LAIRD, BIRKENHEAD WAS LAID DOWN 1ST JANUARY 1937,/ LAUNCHED 3RD MAY 1939 AND COMMISSIONED 19TH JANUARY 1941./ 15TH FEBRUARY 1941 CAPTAIN JOHN LEACH WAS APPOINTED CAPTAIN. * 21ST-24TH MAY 1941 PARTICIPATED IN THE/ PURSUIT OF THE GERMAN BATTLESHIP BISMARCK. PRINCE OF WALES WAS STRUCK SEVEN TIMES DURING THE BATTLE/ RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF 14 MEN. JUNE-JULY 1941 UNDERWENT REPAIRS. * AUGUST 1941 TRANSPORTED SIR WINSTON/ CHURCHILL TO PLACENTIA BAY, NEWFOUNDLAND TO MEET AMERICAN PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT FOR THE/ DRAFTING OF THE ATLANTIC CHARTER * 25TH OCTOBER - 2ND DECEMBER 1941 AS PART OF FORCE G SAILED FOR/ SINGAPORE * 8TH DECEMBER 1941 AS PART OF FORCE Z WITH HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS REPULSE, ELECTRA, EXPRESS,/ TENEDOS AND HMAS VAMPIRE./ 10TH DECEMBER 1941 SUNK OFF KUANTAN ON THE MALAYAN COAST BY JAPANESE TORPEDO AND BOMBER AIRCRAFT/
SOME SURVIVORS THOUGHTS DECEMBER 2011/ "OUR PI POM-POM GUN WAS USELESS AS THE HYDRAULICS HAD GONE, SO WE STOOD AROUND WATCHING THE JAPS HIT US WITH BOMBS AND TORPEDOES. THE CALL 'ABANDON SHIP' HAD ME/ RUNNING FORWARD AND I JUMPED OFF RIGHT AT THE BOWS INTO VERY OILY WATER, WE GOT INTO CLEAR WATER ONLY TO GO BACK AT THE CRY OF 'SHARKS'. I WAS PICKED UP BY HMS ELECTRA."/ PHILLIP SMALLEY, HMS PRINCE OF WALES./ "TO THE BRAVEST OF THE BRAVE, NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN" ERIC NOEL, HMS PRINCE OF WALES/ "MAY THEY DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD FOREVER" MAURICE PINK, ROYAL MARINE HMS REPULSE.