British Forces

Force Z
    Admiral Sir Tom Spencer Vaughan Phillips+

Prince Of Wales(F)*   Captain John C. Leach+
Repulse*                      Captain William G. Tennant
Express                        Lieutenant-Commander Cartwright
Electra                          Commander C.W. May
Vampire (HMAS)        Commander W.T.A. Moran
Tenedos                       Lieutenant R. Dyer

453 Squadron
Base:  Sembawang
Aircraft Type:  Brewster Buffalos
Squadron Leader                       No. of Aircraft      Armed With
Flt. Lieutenant Timothy Vigors           11**              4 x 0.50 MG

+  KIA
*   Sunk
** One turned back with engine troubles.

327 men on Prince of Wales and 513 men on Repulse were lost.

Japanese Air Units

Genzan Air Corps Attack Group
Base: Saigon
Commander: Lieutenant-Commander Nakanishi
Aircraft type: Nell
Squadron Leader   No. of Aircraft      Armed With
1st   Lt. Ishihara              9                      1 torpedo
2nd  Lt. Takai                  8                      1 torpedo
3rd   Lt. Nikaido              9                      1 bomb

Kanoya Air Corps Attack Group
Base: Dau Mot
Commander: Lieutenant-Commander Miyauchi
Aircraft type: Betty
Squadron Leader   No. of Aircraft      Armed With
1st   Lt. Nabeta              9                      1 torpedo
2nd  Lt. Higahimori        8                      1 torpedo
3rd   Lt. Iki                       9                      1 torpedo

Mihoro Air Corps Attack Group
Base: Dau Mot
Commander: None designated
Aircraft type: Nell
Squadron Leader   No. of Aircraft      Armed With
5th   Lt. Shirai                  8                      2 bombs
6th   Lt. Takeda               8                      1 bomb
7th   Lt. Ohira                   9                      1 bomb
8th   Lt. Takahashi           8                      1 torpedo

Total: 85 aircraft (34 bombers, 51 torpedo bombers)
34 Nells armed with bombs
25 Nells armed with torpedoes
26 Bettys armed with torpedoes

One Genzan and two Kanoya torpedo bombers were lost during the attack, killing their crews of eighteen petty officers and ratings.  One further Mihoro bomber crashed on landing and was written off.  In addition, seven Genzan and ten Kanoya torpedo bombers and ten Mihoro bombers were damaged to some extent but all but three were repairable.  It is not recorded if any of crews of the returning aircraft suffered any casualties.

Vice Admiral Kondo in cruisers ATAGO and TAKAO, BBs HARUNA and KONGO and DDs ARASHI, HAGIKAZE, NOWAKE, MAIKAZE, IKAZUCHI, INAZUMA, ASASHIO, OSHIO, MICHISHIO and ARASHIO is proceeding South from Poulo Condore.

Kondo orders RearAdmiral Kurita during the night of 9 December 1941 to join him with cruisers KUMANO, MIKUMA, MOGAMI and SUZUYA and DDs FUBUKI, HATSUYUKI and SHIRAYUKI and vice Admiral Ozawa with cruiser CHOKAI and DD SAGIRI.

From the assault area cruiser SENDAI with DDs ASAGIRI, MURAKUMO, SHINONOME, SHIRAKUMO, USUGUMO, AMAGIRI, YUGIRI, AYANAMI, ISONAMI, SHIKINAMI and URANAMI recieve orders to close up, as do cruisers KINU and YURA stationed between Puolo Condore and Kurita.

When Force Z, as a result of a false report of landings in Kurantan, turns away to the SW, they are sighted shortly after midnight 9-10 December by Japanese Submarine I-59 (Co OHASHI) which unsuccessfully attacks with torpedoes but does manage to shadow Force Z for over 5 1/2 hours.

Primary Sources
King George V Class Battleships by V.E. Tarrant
Battleship by Martin Middlebrook and Patrick Mahoney