[PzLdr]

PRINCE OF WALES has to be the unluckiest ship in the Royal Navy. Shot up by BISMARCK, she now heads to the Pacific and the Japanese.

But at least Admiral “Tom Thumb” Phillips may be able to test his theory that battleships are immune to sinking by aircraft.

[GreenLanternCorps]

You are right about "unlucky". I don't have the specific references in front of me, but as I understand it, had Force Z (Prince of Wales, Repulse, and four destroyers) left a few hours earlier, they would have caught a bunch of Japanese transports at anchor at night. Those ships would have been sitting ducks. Indeed, due to Royal Navy night battle training, Force Z would have been the deadliest force in the area at night.

Instead, they got caught in daylight without air cover and were overwhelmed.

[beebuster2000]

isnt prince of wales sunk by japanese carrier carrier aircraft near the indian ocean in a couple months?