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HMS King George V (pennant number 41) was the lead ship of the five British King George V-class battleships of the Royal Navy.Laid down in 1937 and commissioned in 1940, King George V operated during the Second World War in all three major naval theatres of war, the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Pacific, as part of the British Home Fleet and Pacific Fleets.
The King George V-class battleships were the most modern British battleships in commission during the Second World War.Five ships of this class were built: HMS King George V (commissioned 1940), HMS Prince of Wales (1941), HMS Duke of York (1941), HMS Anson (1942) and HMS Howe (1942).
HMS King George V (1911) was a King George V-class battleship, originally to be named HMS Royal George, but renamed in 1910, before her launch in 1911. She was sold for scrapping in 1926, and was broken up in 1927. HMS King George V (41) was a King George V-class battleship launched in 1939 and broken up in 1959.
The King George V-class ships were designed as enlarged and improved versions of the preceding Orion-class battleship. [1] King George V had an overall length of 594 feet 4 inches (181.2 m), a beam of 89 feet 1 inch (27.2 m) and a draught of 28 feet 8 inches (8.7 m).
HMS King George V (41) P. HMS Prince of Wales (53) This page was last edited on 5 April 2013, at 13:51 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Frederick Laurence Field, GCB, KCMG (18 April 1871 – 24 October 1945) was a senior Royal Navy officer. He served in the Boxer Rebellion as commander of a raiding party and in the First World War as commanding officer of the battleship HMS King George V, flagship of Admiral Martyn Jerram at the Battle of Jutland in May 1916.
HMS Prince of Wales was a King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy that was built at the Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead.Despite being sunk less than a year after she was commissioned, Prince of Wales had an extensive battle history, first seeing action in August 1940 while still being outfitted in her drydock, when she was attacked and damaged by German aircraft.
In the covering force, King George V collided with Punjabi, and exploding depth charges on the sinking destroyer damaged the battleship. [62] HMS King George V with bow damage from collision with HMS Punjabi. 10 May 1942: Scheer moved from Trondheim to Narvik. [63] 14 May 1942: A KG 30 Ju 88 dive bomber sank HMS Trinidad. [64]