> Big ships are vunerable, the Brits proved that to the Italians at Toranto If I have my facts correct, the Japanese also reminded the Limeys of it when the su

> Big ships are vunerable, the Brits proved that to the Italians at Toranto If I have my facts correct, the Japanese also reminded the Limeys of it when the sunk the Prince of Wales and the Repulse after Sir Tom Phillips overruled suggestions that the fleet not move out of Singapore without air cover. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_Prince_of_Wales_and_Repulse http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_Prince_of_Wales_and_... (While Wikipedia says nothing other than reporting that he was killed, I read elsewhere that Sir Phillips declined to join the sailors abandoning ship.)