Title
Postcard showing H.M.S. ‘Malaya’
Year/Period
1922
Region
Singapore
Material
Paper
Dimension
Object size: 8.8 x 13.8 cm
Accession No.
2008-02311
Collection of
NLB Type
Postcard
The H.M.S. Malaya was a battleship of the Royal Navy of the Queen Elizabeth class, named in honour of the Federated Malay States, whose governments funded its construction. It was constructed in 1913 and launched in February 1915. The battleship participated in WWI and played an active role in the Second World War, taking part in operations against the Italian fleet in the Mediterranean as well as carrying out Convoy escort duties near the African coast. It was scrapped in April 1948 at Faslane in Scotland.
