HMS King George V

HMS King George V (King George V Class)
General Details
Nationality	British
Type	Battleship
Builder	Vickers, Barrow. United Kingdom
Laid down	2 January 1937
Launched	21 February 1939
Commissioned	11 December 1940
Fate	Private Ship 1946-50 Decom. 1950 Sold for scrap 20 January 1958
Displacement
Standard	35,000 tons
Full Load	44,650-45,360 tons
Dimensions
Lenght (waterline)	739.8' (225.5 m)
Lenght (Overall)	745.1' (227 m)
Beam	103.0' (31.4 m)
Draft	27.5' (8.4 m) (Avg) 35.5' (10.8 m) (Max)
Armament
Main Battery	10 x 14" (356 mm)/45 cal Mk VII 8 in two quad turrets 2 in one dual turret
Secondary Battery	16 x 5.25" (133 mm)/50 cal Mk I in 8 twin turrets 4 port 4 starboard
AA	32-48 x 2pdr. Mk VIII pompoms. Various amounts of 40mm/56 cal Bofors. Up to 18 x 20 mm/65 cal Oerlikons
Torpedoes	N/A
Radars
Air Search	Type 279
Surface Search	N/A
Fire Control	Type 284 gunfire control Type 285 anti-aircraft control
Aircraft
Fixed Wing	Up to 4 aircraft w/ hangar (converted to movie theater 1943)
Armour
Main Belt	15.4" (391 mm) midship 5"-7" (127-178 mm)ends
Lower Belt	3" (76 mm)
Deck	Up to 7" (178 mm) all together
Turrets	16" (406 mm) face 11"-12" (279-305 mm) sides
Barbettes	Up to 16" (406 mm)
Conning Tower	15" (381 mm)
Propulsion
Boilers	8 Admiralty 3 drum type (300 psi working pressure)
Turbines	4 Parsins single reduction geared turbines
Horsepower	110,000 shp
Shafts	4
Endurance	15,000 nm at 10 knts 6,300 nm at 20 knts 3,200 nm at 27 knts
Max Speed	27.5 knots 29.2 knots achieved on trials
Oil Bunkerage	3,842 tons oil
Complement
Usual	1,530-1,900

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