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1. I was a veteran Royal Sovereign class battleship. I was hit by three torpedoes in Scapa Flow on October 14, 1939. 833 men lost their lives. Who am I?
2. I was a King George V class battleship. On December 10, 1941, I was off Kuantan, Malaya in the South China Sea, when I was hit by four torpedoes launched from Japanese Navy land-based aircraft. Who am I?
3. I was hit by five torpedoes. I was a battlecruiser and although I had a sister ship, we were actually quite different. Who am I?
4. I along with the HMS Prince of Wales engaged the KMS Bismarck and Prinz Eugen in the North Atlantic, west of Iceland in the Denmark Strait. After a brief fire fight, I exploded and broke in two. Who am I?
5. I was an Erebus class Monitor and on February 22, 1941 I was in Benghazi harbour. German Ju 87 Divebombers attacked and damaged me. I was towed towards Alexandria but sank two days later. Who am I?
6. I was part of the British Eastern Fleet and was returning to Trincomalee on April 9, 1942. A Japanese carrier attacked and sank me:
7. I was returning with the 'H' Force to Gibraltar after ferrying Hurricane fighters within flying range of Malta. On the November 13, 1941, I was hit by a single torpedo from the German U-81. I was towed, but only went 30 miles east of Gibraltar when I foundered and sank. Who am I?
8. I took part in the famous Battle of the River Plate. Later, on March 1, 1942, while north west of Surabaya in the Java Sea, I was attacked by a Japanese cruiser force. I was hit by eight inch shells and torpedoes and sank. Who am I?
9. I was a Australian Navy heavy cruiser, I was with a US cruiser force, covering US Marine landings on Guadalcanal in August 1942. I was damaged by torpedoes and eight inch gunfire from a Japanese cruiser force, and scuttled later that day.
10. On June 8, 1940, I was sailing with my two escort destoyers, HMS Acasta and HMS Ardent west of the Lofoten Islands in Norwegian Sea. I ran into the 'ugly' sisters, the KMS Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. Their 11 inch shells soon sank me. Who am I?
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