Royal Navy Losses In World War Two

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1. I was a veteran Royal Sovereign class battleship. I was hit by three torpedoes in Scapa Flow on October 14, 1939. 833 men lost their lives. Who am I? HMS Royal Standard HMS Black Swan HMS Royal Oak HMS Vanguard

2. I was a King George V class Battleship. On December 10, 1941, I was off Kuantan, Malaya in the South China Sea, when I was hit by four torpedoes launched from Japanese Navy land-based aircraft. Who am I? HMS Duke of Kent HMS King George V HMS Prince of Wales HMS Duke of York

3. I was escorting the ship in question two, and met a similar fate, but I was hit by five torpedoes. I was Battlecruiser and although I had a sister ship, we were actually quite different. Who am I? HMS Redoubtable HMS Invincible HMS Vanguard HMS Repulse

4. I along with the HMS Prince of Wales engaged the KMS Bismark and Prinz Eugen in the North Atlantic, west of Iceland in the Denmark Strait. After a brief fire fight, I exploded and broke in two. Who am I? HMS Courageous HMS Renown HMS Hood HMS Repulse

5. I was an Erebus class Monitor and on February 22, 1941 I was in Benghazi harbour. German Ju 87 Divebombers attacked and damaged me. I was towed towards Alexandria but sank two days later. Who am I? HMS Venegeance HMS Muse HMS Terror HMS Warlord

6. I was part of the British Eastern Fleet and was returning to Trincomalee on April 9, 1942. A Japanese carrier attacked and sank me: HMS Ajax HMS Hermes HMS Thor HMS Mercury

7. I was returning with the 'H' Force to Gibraltar after ferrying Hurricane fighters within flying range of Malta. On the November 13, 1941, I was hit by a single torpedo from the German U-81. I was towed, but only went 30 miles east of Gibraltar when I foundered and sank. Who am I? Answer: (Three Words put HMS then two words)

8. I took part in the famous Battle of the River Plate. Later, on March 1, 1942, while north west of Surabaya in the Java Sea, I was attacked by a Japanese cruiser force. I was hit by eight inch shells and torpedoes and sank. Who am I? HMS Cumberland HMS Ajax HMS Achilles HMS Exeter

9. I was a Australian Navy heavy cruiser, I was with a US cruiser force, covering US Marine landings on Guadalcanal in August 1942. I was sunk by torpedoes and eight inch gunfire from a Japanese cruiser force. HMAS Hobart HMAS Adelaide HMAS Canberra HMAS Brisbane

10. On June 8, 1940, I was sailing with my two escort destoyers, HMS Acasta and HMS Ardent west of the Lofoten Islands in Norwegian Sea. I ran into the 'ugly' sisters, the KMS Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. Their 11 inch shells soon sank me. Who am I? HMS Splendid HMS Illustrious HMS Glorious HMS Invincible