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King George V (1939) |
Type: |
Battleship |
Class: |
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Builder: |
Vickers Armstrong Ltd. Newcastle-on-Tyne, England |
Pennant Number: |
41 |
Ordered: |
July 29, 1936 |
Launched: |
February 21, 1939 |
Keel Laid: |
January 1, 1937 |
Commissioned: |
October 1, 1940 |
Fate: |
Sold for scrap to Arnott Young in 1957. Stripped in Dalmuir, Scotland in 1958, hull scrapped at Troon, Scotland in 1959. |
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Dimensions, machinery and performance (design standard for class) |
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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 |
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Crew: |
1,422 / 1,511 wartime |
Range: |
2,540 NM @ 27 knots / 14,000 NM @ 10 knots |
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Armament (design standard for class) |
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Number Carried
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Type
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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 |
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aircraft |
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Combat Victories |
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Date
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Name |
Type |
Tons |
Nationality |
Notes |
May 27, 1941 |
Battleship |
45,451 |
Germany |
Assisted |
Builder's Data |
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Page published Jan. 29, 2007 |