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Ships · United Kingdom · 1940-1945

King George V-class battleship

battleship

The Royal Navy's newest battleships of the war, Prince of Wales fought Bismarck in the Denmark Strait and King George V helped destroy her three days later, while sister ship Duke of York sank the German battlecruiser Scharnhorst at the Battle of the North Cape. The class's 14-inch main armament was already outclassed by contemporary foreign designs.

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crew~1,420 (as completed, 1941)
displacement36,727 tons (standard, as completed), 42,076 full load
armament10x 14in guns
produced5 built

Battle of the Atlantic, Mediterranean and North Africa, Pacific

The British battleship HMS King George V enters Apra Harbor, Guam, with sailors in formation on deck. 1945
The British battleship HMS King George V enters Apra Harbor, Guam, with sailors in formation on deck. 1945USN · Public domain · source
AWM caption : "SYDNEY, NSW. 1944-12-17. DETAIL VIEW OF THE TWIN 14 INCH MARK VII GUNS IN THE MARK II TWIN TURRET ON THE BATTLESHIP HMS HOWE. NOTE THE EIGHT BARRELLED 2 POUNDER AA MOUNTING ON THE TURRET CROWN. 20 MM OERLI
AWM caption : "SYDNEY, NSW. 1944-12-17. DETAIL VIEW OF THE TWIN 14 INCH MARK VII GUNS IN THE MARK II TWIN TURRET ON THE BATTLESHIP HMS HOWE. NOTE THE EIGHT BARRELLED 2 POUNDER AA MOUNTING ON THE TURRET CROWN. 20 MM OERLIPhotographer not identified · Public domain · source
The Royal Navy battleship HMS Anson (79) underway at Devonport.
The Royal Navy battleship HMS Anson (79) underway at Devonport.Photographer: Royal Navy official photographer · Public domain · source

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