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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