The BLACK PIG - HMS Repulse on Patrol (1983) - Inside one of Britain's Nuclear Polaris Missile Submarines 1983 (Series 2x2) HMS Repulse (S23) was a Resolution-class ballistic missile submarine of the Royal Navy. HMS Repulse was one of two Resolution-class ballistic missile submarines ordered from Vickers-Armstrongs on 8 May 1963, with a further two ordered from Cammell Laird the same day. Repulse was laid down at Vickers Armstrongs' Barrow-in-Furness shipyard on 12 March 1965 and was launched on

The 1941 sinking of Force Z—HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse—resulted from the Royal Navy’s fatal underestimation of Japanese aerial capabilities and overconfidence in battleship supremacy. Lacking air cover, the ships were destroyed by land-based bombers due to arrogant racial stereotyping, poor intelligence, and reckless operational decisions. Reasons for Underestimating the Japanese: Racial and Technical Stereotyping: British planners believed Japanese aircraft were merely inferior copies