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  Caption ''Prince Of Wales'' (left, front) and ''Repulse'' (left, behind) under attack by Japanese planes A destroyer - ''Express'' or ''Electra'' - is in the foreground
  partof World War II , Pacific War
  Date 10 December 1941
  Place South China Sea
  Result Japanese victory
  Combatant1 United Kingdom
  Combatant2 Japan
  Commander1 Tom Phillips
  Commander2 N Nakanishi, <br>Shichizo Miyauchi
  Strength1 1 battleship,<br>1 battlecruiser,<br> 4 destroyers
  Strength2 88 planes <br>(34 torpedo planes, <br>51 level bombers)<br>3 scouting aircraft
  Casualties1 840 killed <br>1 battleship and 1 battlecruiser sunk
  Casualties2 18 killed<br>3 aircraft shot down<br>1 aircraft destroyed on landing<br>27 aircraft damaged<br>2 scouting aircraft lost