HMS Repulse — Renown-Class Battlecruiser Model, 30 in
HMS Repulse — Renown-Class Battlecruiser Model, 30 in
How big is it?
Length about 76 cm / 30.0 in. Drawn to scale; the model outline is a simplified shape.
Model details
- Size
- 30 in / 76 cm
- Construction
- Handcrafted
- Condition
- Fully assembled, ready to display
- Display
- Wooden base with brass nameplate
- Collection
- Battle Ship Models
- Item no.
- CM471
A Royal Navy battlecruiser, at 30 inches — and one of the two ships whose loss ended the age of the battleship.
Specification
- 30 inches
- Handcrafted hull and superstructure
- Triple main turrets, secondary armament and deck fittings
- Masts, rangefinders, catapult and boats
- Mounted on a display base with nameplate
- Fully assembled
History
Commissioned in 1916, Repulse was fast — over 31 knots — and lightly armoured, the classic battlecruiser bargain. She hunted Bismarck in 1941 and was then sent east with HMS Prince of Wales to deter Japan.
On 10 December 1941, three days after Pearl Harbor, Japanese torpedo bombers found both ships off Malaya. Repulse dodged nineteen torpedoes before being hit by five. Both capital ships sank within two hours. Neither had air cover.
It was the first time capital ships underway at sea and free to manoeuvre had been sunk by air power alone. Every navy in the world understood immediately what it meant. Churchill later wrote that in the whole war he never received a more direct shock.