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The Singapore strategy was a naval defence policy of the United Kingdom that evolved in a series of war plans from 1919 to 1941. It aimed to deter aggression by Japan by providing a base for a fleet o
HMS Repulse leads her sister ship HMS Renown and other Royal Navy capital ships during manoeuvres in the 1920s
The troopship RMS Queen Mary in Singapore Graving Dock, August 1940
A British warship inside the Admiralty IX floating dry dock at Singapore Naval Base in September 1941
One of Singapore's 15-inch coastal defence guns elevated for firing
The sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse was a naval engagement in World War II, as part of the war in the Pacific, that took place on 10 December 1941 in the South China Sea off the east coast of t
Prince of Wales (left, front) and Repulse (left, behind) after being hit by torpedoes on 10 December 1941. A destroyer, HMS Express, is manoeuvring in the foreground.
Admiral Sir Tom Phillips (right), commander of Force Z, and his deputy, Rear Admiral Arthur Palliser, on the quayside at Singapore naval base, 2 December 1941.
Mitsubishi G4M Betty/"葉巻" Hamaki (Cigar) bombers of Kanoya Air Group
Mitsubishi G3M Nell of Genzan Air Group. The type was also operated by Mihoro Air Group