Wreck of HMS Prince of Wales.

Malaysia / Pahang / Pekan /
 Second World War 1939-1945, military, ship, shipwreck
This is where British battleship HMS Prince of Wales sunk after the battle at the ocean against Japanese aircraft in 10 December 1941.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 Far East in 1941 is one of the events that led to the end of the battleship being considered the predominant class in naval warfare.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Prince_of_Wales_(53)
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Coordinates:   3°33'37"N   104°28'41"E
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