King George V Class (1936) Battleships Class Overview

Dimensions, machinery and performance (design standard for class)
Length:
745'
Engines:
4 Parsons single reduction geared steam turbines
Beam:
103'
Boilers:
8 Admiralty 3 drum type (oil fired)
Draft:
29' std. / 32' 6" full
Shafts:
4
Displacement:
36.730 std.
HP:
110,000
42,080 full
Speed:
28 knots
Crew:
1,422 / 1,511 wartime
Range:
2,540 NM @ 27 knots / 14,000 NM @ 10 knots


Armament (design standard for class)
Number Carried
Type
Arrangement
Maximum Range / Ceiling
10
14"/45 (356mm)
Mk VII
2 quad turrets
1 twin turret
38,560 yards @ 40° (21.9 miles)
1,590 lb. AP shell
Rate of fire 2 RPM
16
5.25"/50 (134mm)
8 twin turrets
23,400 yards @ 45° (13.2 miles)
AA ceiling 49,000'
80 lb. HE shell
Rate of fire 7-8 RPM
32
1.575"/39 (40mm)
2 pounder AA
4 octuple mounts
5,000 yards (2.8 miles)
AA ceiling 13,300'
1.81 lb HV shell
Rate of fire 115 RPM
16
.5"/62 (12.7mm)
AA machine gun
4 quad mounts
5,000 yards (max. effective 800 yards)
Rate of fire 150-200 RPM
3
aircraft


Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Vickers Armstrong Ltd.
Newcastle-on-Tyne, England
Feb. 21, 1939
Dec. 11, 1940
Fate
Scrapped in Scotland in 1959.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Cammell Laird Ltd.
Birkenhead, England
Mar. 5, 1939
Mar. 31, 1941
Fate
Sunk Dec. 10, 1941 by Japanese aircraft.

Location: South China Sea, 72 miles east of Pekan, Malaysia.
(03.34N - 104.27E)

301 of the crew and 26 Royal Marines were killed. Survivors were removed by
HMS Express H-61.
(Roll of Honour)
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.
Wallsend-on-Tyne, England

Feb. 24, 1940
June 22, 1942
Fate
Scrapped at Faslane, Scotland in 1958.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
John Brown & Co.
Clydebank, Scotland
Feb. 28, 1940
Nov. 4, 1941
Fate
Scrapped at Faslane, Scotland in 1958.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Fairfield Shipbuilding Ltd.
Govan, Scotland

Apr. 9, 1940
Aug. 29, 1942
Fate
Scrapped at Inverkiething, Scotland in 1958.


Page revised Aug. 25, 2007