HMS King George V
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HMS King George V

Shown here is the British 'KGV' class battleship HMS King George V, with her 356 mm (14 in) guns trained to port.
Laid Down: 1 January 1937

Launched: 21 February 1939

Builder: Vickers-Armstrong, Newcastle

Machinery: Two Parsons turbines; Eight 3-drum Admiralty boilers, 4 shafts

Power Output: 110,000 SHP

Displacement
Standard: 38,000 tons (38,608 tonnes)
Full load: 44,460 tons (45,171 tonnes)

Dimensions
Length : 745 ft (227.1 m)
Beam: 103 ft (31.4 m)
Height: 34 ft 6 in (10.5 m)

Armour
Belt:4.5-15 inchs (114-381 mm)
Bulkheads:15 inchs (381 mm)
Decks: 5-6 inchs (127-152 mm)
Barbettes: 11-13 inchs (280-330 mm)
Turrets: 6-13 inchs (152-330 mm)
Secondary Turrets: 1-5 inchs (25-38 mm)

Performance
Max. Speed : 29.25 knots (54.2 km/h)
Range: 13,000 n.m. (24,000 km) @ 10 kts (18.5 km/m)
Oil: 3,842 tons (3,903 tonnes)

Armament
Ten 14 inch (356 mm)
Sixteen 5.25 inch (133 mm)
Forty-eight 2-Pdr AA

Crew: 1,640

Others in Class: HMS Prince of Wales, Duke of York, Anson, Howe
 

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