(from the article `torpedo plane`) ...planes was when Japanese twin-engined torpedo bombers sank the British battleships Repulse and Prince of Wales in December 1941. Like dive ... ...the shift in the 1930s to faster, more powerful aircraft of all-metal, monoplane construction, air power began to assume an important role in ... An im... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/d/58