King George V 1940

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Name:	KING GEORGE V
Type:	Battleship
Keel:	01/01/1937
Launched:	21/02/1939
Completed:	11/12/1940
Builder:	Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd
Yard:	High Walker
Yard Number:	10
Dimensions:	36730disp - 42080disp, 700.0 x 103.0 x 29.0ft
Engines:	4 x Steam turbines, Parsons type, SR geared, 110000shp
Engines by:	Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, Barrow
Propulsion:	4 x Screws, 28.25knots
Construction:	Steel
Armament:	2 x 4 x 14.0ins, 1 x 2 x 14.0ins, 8 x 2 x 5.25ins QF, 4 x 8 x 2pdr QF guns;
	4 x 4 x 0.5ins guns; 3 x Seaplanes
	(AA armament at 1945: 64 x 2pdr, 10 x 40mm, 36 x 20mm guns)
History:
11/12/1940	British Royal Navy
01/1958	Broken up

Comments:	Lead ship of the 5 strong KING GEORGE V Class & allocated pennant number 41
	01/05/1942: Collided with HMS PUNJABI in dense fog as PUNJABI crossed her bows to avoid a mine. PUNJABI was cut in two and sank with the loss of 49 crew
	KING GEORGE V sustained major damage to her bows
	1943: Seaplanes & catapult removed. New deckhouse now linked the superstructures
	20/01/1958: Arrived at Dalmuir for stripping by Arnott Young & Co
	20/05/1959: Arrived at Troon for breaking up by West of Scotland Shipbreaking Co Ltd