Repulse Point

Repulse Point (49˚29'00" 124˚44'00" SW side of Denman I, Baynes Sd, W side of Str of Georgia). Named after HMS Repulse—the 11th ship in the RN to bear that name—a 28,654-tonne, 242-m battlecruiser that was launched in 1916 and saw limited action in WWI. It was sunk, along with the battleship Prince of Wales, off Singapore in Dec 1941 by Japanese torpedo bombers. Casualties were heavy: 513 on the Repulse and 327 on the Prince of Wales. The loss of these two vessels was a major Allied...

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