KING GEORGE V

Fleet

Royal Navy

Ship Type

Battleship

Nickname

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Ship Class

King George V

Grouping

2nd Battle Squadron

Command

Grand Fleet

Builder's Yard

HM dockyards Portsmouth

Budget Year

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Construction Notes

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Date Laid Down

16.01.1911

Launch Date

09.10.1911

Completed date

16.11.2012

Commission date

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Year laid down

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Year launched

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Year completed

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Commission Year

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Pennant No

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Photo Details

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Related stories

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Sister ships

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Eventual Fate

Scrapped December 1926

Jutland result

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Ready for action after dock repairs

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Commander

Captain Frederick L. Field (Flying the Flag of Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Jerram, K.C.B.)

Noteable Officers

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Crew complement

782

Officers

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Ratings

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Killed

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Wounded

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Prisoners

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Displacement full Load (tons)

25,700

Artefacts Data

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Ship's Model

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Length (ft)

597,6

Length (mtrs)

182.1

Beam (ft)

89

Beam (mtrs)

27.1

Draught (ft)

28,8

Draught (mtrs)

8.7

Max. Speed (knots)

21

Range (miles)

7,740 at 10 kts

Range (kilometres)

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Fuel

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Propulsion

2 Parsons steam turnbines driving 4 shafts using 18 Babcock and Wilcox boilers with an shp rating of 31,000 shp.

Armour Main Belt

8" - 12" (203 - 205 mm)

Deck Armour

1" - 4" (25 - 102 mm)

Turret Armour IN CM

Face 11" (279 mm)

Conning Tower Armour

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Barbette Armour

3" - 10" (76 - 254 mm)

Weight of armour

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Armour / Displacement Ratio

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Watertight compartments

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General Notes

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Fire Control Table

Dreyer Mk 11

Fire Control - Clock

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Primary Gun calibre

13.5" BL Mk V guns (342.9 mm)

No. Primary Turrets

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Guns (No.barrels)

10

Primary gun layout

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Rounds per main gun

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Effective broadside guns

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Primary shell Weight (inches or cm)

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Primary Broadside Weight

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Secondary Gun Calibre

4" BL Mk VII guns (101.6 mm)

Guns (No.barrels) 2

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Rounds per secondary

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Other Armament

Four 3 pdr guns (47 mm), Five machine guns

Elevation (degrees)

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Gunnery Range (yards)

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Gunnery Range (metres)

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Rate of Fire (rds per minute)

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Shells expended Main

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Mines dropped

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Shells expended Secondary

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Torpedoes fired

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Gunnery Notes

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Torpedo Type IN

21" Whitehead

No. tubes

3

Torpedo Type MM

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No. Mines

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Torpedo Notes

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References & sources

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