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 | | Letting then HMS Prince of Wales and cruisers Exeter, Dorsetshire, Devonshire, Perth, Hobart, Sydney, Mauritius to escort Formidable, a strike force led by HMS Repulse, and formed with French cruisers Duquesne,Tourville, Duguay-Trouin, Lamotte-Picquet and RN Emerald and Enterprise, races toward the Thai coast. |
 | | HMS Repulse is nearly missed by two torpedoes (her commanding officer displaying spending skills and conning her like a destroyer) but French MN Duquesne got her bow destroyed up to the “A” turret. |
 | | HMS Formidable F4F3s provide a top cover from dawn as the crippled cruiser, escorted by the light cruiser Lamotte-Piquet sails directly toward Singapore. |
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