King George V Class 

Name                      Builder                    laid down       launched        completed          fate

King George V       Vickers Armstrong     01/01/37        21/02/39        11/12/40         Scrapped 58

Prince of  Wales      Cammell Laird          01/01/37        03/05/39        31/03/41         Lost  41

Duke of York          John Brown              05/05/37        28/02/40        04/11/41         Scrapped 58 

Anson                      Swan Hunter            20/07/37        24/02/40        22/06/42         Scrapped 58

Howe                       Fairfield                   01/06/37        09/04/40        29/08/42         Scrapped 58

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Specifications

Displacement    36,727 tons  standard 42,718 tons full load

Length              745 ft (227 m)

Beam                103 ft (31.39 m)

Draught              29 ft (8.84 m)

Machinery          8  Admiralty 3 drum boilers , 4 shaft Parsons Turbines 110,000 SHP

Fuel                    3,770 tons

Speed                  28.5 kts

Range                  15,000 nm at 10 kts

Armour                14 inch  - 15 inch main belt  Bulkheads 10 in - 12 inch ,  main deck 5 - 6 inch

                            lower deck 2.5 inch to 5 inch forward , 4.5 to 5inch aft , Torpedo bulkhead 1.5 - 1.75 inch

                            Conning tower 3 - 4 inch , Turret face  12.75 inch  sides 8.75 inch rear 6.75 inch  Roof 6 inches

Guns                    10 14inch  Mark VII (356 mm)  in 2 Quadruple turrets an  one Double turret.

                            sixteen 5.25 inch MK1 (133 mm)  in 8 Double turrets   32 2PDR Mk VI A Pom Pom

                            4 octuple mountings.

Aircraft                 4    Supermarine Walrus plus one hydraulic catapult

Complement          1,422       

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