 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - HMS Prince of Wales yaiva King George V-class battleship yeRoyal Navy yakavakwa paCammell Laird shipyard muBirkenhead, England. Akanga ane nhoroondo yakakura yehondo, achitanga kuona basa muna August 1940 achiri kugadzirirwa muchiteshi chake chakaoma paakarwiswa uye akakuvadzwa nendege dzeGermany. Munguva yake pfupi asi ane nhoroondo basa, iye aibatanidzwa dzinoverengeka anokosha zviito Second World War, kusanganisira May 1941 Battle of Denmark Strait apo iye scored nhatu hits pamusoro German battleship Bismarck, kumanikidza Bismarck kurega ake raiding basa uye musoro kuti chiteshi nokuda kugadziriswa. Muchinda weWales gare gare akaperekedza imwe yemotokari dzeMalta muMediterranean, uye ipapo akaedza kuvhara mauto echiJapan pamhenderekedzo yeMalaya sechikamu cheForce Z apo iye akanyudzwamusi waDecember 10, 1941, mazuva maviri pashure pokurwiswa kwePearl Harbor. 