78011 1/350 Brit. Prince of Wales

Tamiya, 78011, 1/350 Brit. Prince of Wales

HMS Prince of Wales (pennant number 53) was a King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy, built at the Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead, England. The Prince of Wales had a brief but active career, helping to stop the Bismarck and carrying Churchill to the Newfoundland Conference; however, her sinking by Japanese land- based bombers in the South China Sea on 10 December 1941 was the primary event that led to the end of the battleship being considered the predominant class in naval warfare.

Class and type: King George V-class battleship
Name: HMS Prince of Wales
Ordered: 29 July 1936
Builder: Cammell Laird and Company, Ltd., Birkenhead
Laid down: 1 January 1937
Launched: 3 May 1939
Commissioned: 19 January 1941 (completed 31 March)
Struck: 10 December 1941
Fate: Sunk 10 December 1941 by Japanese air attack off Kuantan, South China Sea
General characteristics
Displacement: 43, 786 Tons (deep)
Length: 745 ft 1 in (227.10 m) (overall)
740 ft 1 in (225.58 m) (waterline)
Beam: 112 ft 5 in (34.26 m) (max)
Draught: 29 ft (8.8 m) (mean standard)
32 ft 6 in (9.91 m) (mean deep)
Propulsion: 8 Admiralty three-drum small-tube boilers with superheaters
4 Parsons single-reduction geared turbines
4 three-bladed propellers, 14 ft 6 in diameter (4.42 m)
111,600 shp Achieved 134,000 shp in service
Speed: 28.0 knots (1941 trials) Achieved 29.1 knots in service
Range: 3, 100 nmi (5,740 km) at 27 knots (50 km/h) knots
14,400 nmi (26,670 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) knots
Complement: 1,521 (1941)
Sensors and
processing systems: Type 281 RADAR from January 1941[1]
Armament: 1941:

10 × 14 inch Mk VII guns (2 × 4, 1 × 2)
16 × 5.25 inch dual purpose guns(8 × 2)
48 × 40 mm 2-pounder AA guns (6 × 8)
8 × 20 mm Oerlikon AA cannon (8 × 1)

Armour: Main belt: 14.7 in (374 mm)
lower belt: 5.4 in (137 mm)
deck: up to 5.38 in (136 mm)
main turrets: 12.75 in (324 mm)
barbettes: 12.75 in (324 mm).
Aircraft carried: 4 Supermarine Walrus seaplanes, 1 double-ended catapult
Motto: "Ich Dien" - German: "I serve"
Notes: Pennant number 53

HMS Prince of Wales (pennant number 53) was a King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy, built at the Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead, England. The Prince of Wales had a brief but active career, helping to stop the Bismarck and carrying Churchill to the Newfoundland Conference; however, her sinking by Japanese land-based bombers in the South China Sea on 10 December 1941 was the primary event that led to the end of the battleship being considered the predominant class in naval warfare.

Contents [hide]
1 Naming
2 Construction
3 Service in the Atlantic
4 Service in the Far East
5 Notes
6 References
7 External links