Folks,
For those that have not read it - i.e. the Bucknill Report from 1942 regards the sinking of HMS Prince of Wales in 1941 - and are interested in such, then thanks to Justin Tynan over at Pacific Wrecks , you can now read it.
The hard-copy I had looked like it was a copy of a copy of a copy, and was rather degraded, but a little work in Photoshop and I managed to get it pretty much readable (I think you’ll find anyway) and turned into a PDF. I then sent it to my friend Justin and he has graciously put it up on his Prince of Wales web page.
The document seems to be one of those things that everybody (with an interest in the ‘event’) has heard about, but very very few have actually seen / read. We know now that things were not quite as they thought, but it is still a very worthwhile read. Anyway, here it is, a PDF download - https://pacificwrecks.com/ships/hms/pri ... -04-42.pdf
BTW, there are other PDf's and links of interest toward the bottom of his below page also.
https://pacificwrecks.com/ships/hms/pri ... wales.html
The Bucknill Report re the sinking of HMS Prince of Wales
The Bucknill Report re the sinking of HMS Prince of Wales
“We are off to look for trouble. I expect we shall find it.” Capt. Tennant. HMS Repulse. Dec. 8 1941
“A review of the situation at about 1100 was not encouraging.” Capt. Gordon, HMS Exeter. 1 March 1942
“A review of the situation at about 1100 was not encouraging.” Capt. Gordon, HMS Exeter. 1 March 1942
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Re: The Bucknill Report re the sinking of HMS Prince of Wales
Thank you Kev D, I shall enjoy reading it.