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barrel length of 40 calibres. They fired a 1.8-pound (0.82 kg) shell at a rate of 96–98 rounds per minute for controlled fire and 115 rounds per minute for automatic fire. The range of the Mark VI* was 6,800 yards (6,200 m), at a muzzle velocity of 2,300 feet per second. The Mark VI octuple mount weighed 16 tons. The Mark VII quadruple mount weighed 10.8 tons if power operated; it could be elevated to 80 degrees and depressed to 10 degrees at a rate of 25 degrees per second which was also the rate of train. The normal ammunition supply on board for the Mark VI was 1,800 rounds per barrel.
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597:(46 km/h; 29 mph), 10,250 nautical miles (18,980 km; 11,800 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) and 14,400 nautical miles (26,700 km; 16,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). However, in practice fuel consumption was much higher, and at 16 knots (30 km/h) the actual range was about 6,300 nautical miles (11,700 km) with a five per cent reserve allowance. Designed within the tight 35,000 ton limitations of the
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738:. A considerable amount of design effort was expended to make the turrets as flashtight as possible. This complicated the mechanical design of the turrets, particularly the quadruple mountings. Due to insufficient clearances and slightly distorted link mechanisms, failures in the intricate safety interlocks in the loading sequence for antiflash precautions caused jams during drills and practice firing. During the summer of 1941 the
682:. An astern turbine was incorporated in the exhaust casing of the low-pressure turbine, and a cruising turbine was coupled directly to the high-pressure turbine. A speed of 28.5 knots was expected at standard displacement and 27.5 knots at full-load displacement on normal output; corresponding speeds at overload condition were 29.25 and 28.25 knots respectively. The turbine unit was a low-speed type (2,257
601:, wartime service necessitated increases over the design displacement, seriously reducing freeboard and affecting seaworthiness. This was most acute at the already low bow. With too little buoyancy forward the bows were easily buried even in moderate seas, with spray washing up over both forward turrets. Heavy seas could flood 'A' turret, drenching both men and machinery within.
727:. They could be elevated 40 degrees and depressed 3 degrees. Training arcs were: "A" turret, 286 degrees; "B" turret, 270 degrees and "Y" turret, 270 degrees. Training and elevating was achieved through a hydraulic drive, with rates of two and eight degrees per second, respectively. A full gun broadside weighed 15,950 pounds; a
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raised many challenges and required difficult compromises if they were to be met. To avoid the class being outgunned by the new ships of foreign navies, especially as by the mid-1930s the Treaty had been renounced by Japan and Italy, Churchill wrote to the First Lord of the
Admiralty in 1936, voicing
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38,031 tons at normal load and 42,237 tons at full load. After her refit in 1944, she displaced 39,100 tons at standard load, and 44,460 tons at full load. She could carry 3,918 tons of fuel oil, 192 tons of diesel oil, 256 tons of reserve feed water and 444 tons of freshwater. Based on the designed
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requirement for a multiple mounting which was effective against close-range bombers or torpedo planes. The first model, tested in 1927, was superior to anything developed in other countries at the time and in 1938 the Mark VI* had a muzzle velocity of 2,400 feet per second, a 1.594-inch bore and a
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deck; between deck mountings travelled on roller paths on the armoured deck. This permitted a flat-trajectory or high-angle fire. Loading was semi-automatic, normal rate of fire was ten to twelve rounds per minute. The maximum range of the Mk I guns was 24,070 yards (22,010 m) at a 45-degree
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was the first large warship to be preserved in this fashion. This involved sealing the armament, machinery and boilers against damp and installing dehumidifiers throughout. In
December 1955, she was downgraded to extended reserve and in 1957 the decision was taken to scrap the four ships. The
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penetrated the hydraulic machinery in turret 'Anton' and disabled it, causing the guns to run down to maximum depression. Her topsides were wrecked, and a large fire burned amidships. After firing steadily for over 30 minutes, without any problems,
1217:, by 09:27, began having trouble with her main battery, and from that point onward every gun missed at least one salvo due to failures in the safety interlocks for antiflash protection and from ammunition feed jams. At 10:21, with
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battleships had their steam plant specifications revised during the building phase, and as built the ships actually produced 110,000 shp at 230 rpm, and were designed for an overload power of 125,000 shp, which was exceeded in
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Removal of one 4-barrelled 2 pdr pom-pom, 12 × 20 mm
Oerlikon cannon, Type 273 radar and HF/DF; the addition of three 8-barrelled 2 pdr pom-poms, six 2-barrelled 20 mm Oerlikon mounts and two 4-barrelled
784:. This disposition gave better arcs of fire, freedom from blast, more separation of the magazines and a better arrangement of the ammunition supply. The cupolas for these mounts revolved on either the upper or
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elevation, the anti-aircraft ceiling was 49,000 feet (14,940 m). The guns could be elevated to 70 degrees and depressed to 5 degrees. However, the guns could only practically fire seven to eight
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was in
Liverpool for an overhaul from March to June, 1944; it included the installation of additional radar gear, more anti-aircraft guns, improved accommodation, and ventilation. On 28 October 1944
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1334:, and returned to Scapa Flow on 1 July 1942. The battleship did not leave Scapa Flow until 18 December when she finally resumed convoy escort duty, providing distant cover for the Arctic
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equipment, replaced with new superstructure upon which the ship's boats were relocated, with the old boat deck given over to a significant portion of the new anti-aircraft armament.
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in eight twin mounts, weighing 81 tons each. They were grouped at the four corners of the citadel, with a twin mount on the main deck and another superimposed above it nearer
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1617:, the battleship supported four fast carriers of the British Pacific Fleet. Her last offensive action was a night bombardment of Hamamatsu on 29 and 30 July 1945. With the
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793:, due to the heavy weight of the shell and the fact that the 5.25-inch round was semi-fixed, requiring the crew to separately load the cartridge and shell into the
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1551:, four cruisers and ten destroyers. The first stage of the voyage was covering the 11,000 nautical miles to Sydney; en route the force attacked oil refineries on
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was again involved in operations in late March 1945, when it launched attacks on the
Sakishimo-Gunto airfields, a task it repeated in early May. On 4 May 1945
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623:, with boiler rooms placed side by side and with each pair associated with a turbine room astern of them. The total heating surface of the boiler plants in
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was made flagship of the
British Home Fleet on 1 April 1941, she remained so during the rest of the war and became a training battleship in November 1947.
1448:. The battleship then escorted a naval force which occupied the Italian naval base at Taranto. She later escorted surrendered Italian ships from Malta to
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design had four 0.5-inch quadruple machine gun mounts, but in 1939 these were replaced by two Mark VI pom-pom mounts. In 1940, to combat air attack, four
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The turrets were designed by the
Vickers Armstrong's Elswick Works, but sets of each type of equipment were manufactured by Vickers Armstrongs in
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used 9.4 long tons (9.55 tonnes) of fuel per hour at 16 knots using giving her a range of 5980 nautical miles using 3667 long tons of fuel. HMS
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Battleships of World War Two: The Development and Technical History of the Royal Navy's Battleship and Battlecruisers from 1911 to 1946
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attacked German shipping in the Glom Fjord, Norway, in
October 1941. She then covered convoys to Russia. On 1 May 1942 she was operating with
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mountings were fitted, on "B" turret, two on "Y" turret, one replaced a pom-pom mount added in 1939 at the stern. The pom-poms mounted in the
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631:(75,000 kW), giving a top speed of 28 knots. The eight boilers were more economic in space and fuel than the twenty-four boilers in the
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in
Scotland on 16 October 1940; there she took on board her ammunition and began her sea trials. By the end of the year she had joined the
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the fastest battleship in the British fleet but slower than the German, French or the new Italian capital ships, or the battlecruisers HMS
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and covered an east-bound convoy on her return, arriving back at Scapa Flow on 6 February. Her next task was to provide distant cover for
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was refitted on several occasions in order to update her equipment. The following are the dates and details of the refits undertaken:
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941:. However fearing a gathering of British capital ships, the two German battleships broke off their attacks and returned to France.
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1109:, slowing her down and jamming her rudder, forcing her to turn back out into the Atlantic, away from the safety of port. At 15:00
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attack. The next day, after the escort was reduced to three destroyers, four German aircraft did attack but scored no hits. Both
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were low on fuel they returned to port at 19 knots (35 km/h), escorted by eleven destroyers to guard against German air or
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just before sunrise on 27 May; she was free to manœuvre independently as long as she conformed generally to the movements of
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Molony, Brigadier C.J.C.; Flynn, Captain F.C. (R.N.); Davies, Major-General H.L. & Gleave, Group Captain T.P. (2004) .
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and turned away out of range. She soon sighted the other British ships off her starboard quarter, and informed them that
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s active naval career was terminated by the Royal Navy in June 1950, when she and her surviving sister-ships went into
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to bombard German positions. On 1 December she resumed her eastward journey, arriving in Trincomalee on 15 December.
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were allocated to the reserve covering group when the operation got under way on 1 July. The two ships bombarded
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723:. They were mounted in one Mark II twin turret forward and two Mark III quadruple turrets, one forward and one
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with her increased fuel capacity of 3918 long tons of fuel had a range of 6670 nautical miles with no reserve.
2414:. History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series. Uckfield, UK: Naval & Military Press.
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to the Royal Navy in 1940, becoming the first ship in the world to feature gyroscopic target tracking in
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battleships had their fuel capacity increased during World War II. Using their design fuel capacity HMS
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strong objections to the proposed armament of ten 14-inch guns. His proposal was for nine 16-inch guns.
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was 78,144 sq ft (7,259.8 m). The 416-ton boiler installation produced more than 100,000
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on 1 January 1937, launched on 21 February 1939 and commissioned on 11 December 1940. The ship had an
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could be fired every 30 seconds. The quadruple turrets weighed 1,582 tons, the twin turret 915 tons.
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fired 339 14 in (356 mm) and over 700 5.25 in (133 mm) shells during the action. As both
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was still 260 to 350 nmi (480 to 640 km) away on the morning of 24 May, when sister ship
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off the north-west coast of Norway. In March, she was assigned to escort two Atlantic convoys from
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led battleships and cruisers in a forty-five-minute bombardment of Japanese air facilities in the
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joined Convoy HX115 to provide escort on 20 March and returned to Scapa Flow at the end of March.
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fired 267 rounds from her 14-inch guns during this operation. The task force then moved on to
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in March. She was flagship of the Home Fleet until December 1946, after becoming a
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had closed to 16,000 yards (15,000 m) and all her 14-inch guns were firing;
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got under way again on 16 January 1945. The flotilla, known as TF 63, comprised
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in Sicily on 12 July and also helped defend against an air raid whilst in
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were still about 110 nmi (200 km) away. The aircraft carrier
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were designed and produced by Vickers Armstrongs as a result of a post-
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The British Pacific Fleet: The Royal Navy's Most Powerful Strike Force
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Campbell, N. J. M. (1980). "Great Britain". In Chesneau, Roger (ed.).
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was roughly 50,000 yards (46,000 m) to the southwest. By 08:43
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as an escort to Convoy PQ 15, and collided with the destroyer
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in sight, at 20,500 yards (18,700 m). Four minutes later
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502:(the allied landings in Sicily) and bombarded the island of
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was dispatched in mid-July to join the US battleships in a
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moved with other units of the British Pacific Fleet into
1513:. A stop at Alexandria en route enabled her to divert to
1942:"Research guide B9: The Royal Navy: HMS 'King George V'"
674:. Two main turbines were arranged in series and drove a
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Garzke, William H., Jr.; Dulin, Robert O., Jr. (1980).
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was ordered to launch an air attack, and at 22:25 her
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to the ship breaking firm of Arnott Young and Co. in
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had moved to 8,500–9,000 yards (7,800–8,200 m).
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One of the main deck QF 5.25-inch gun turrets in 1945
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sailed from Scapa Flow under the command of Admiral
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in dense fog on 1 May 1942, at Seydisfjord, Iceland.
1197:, but only an occasional shell came close. At 09:14
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took part in operations against the Japanese in the
1599:bombardment of industrial installations at Hitachi
1593:. As the Allies approached the Japanese homeland,
1395:(Operation Avalanche) which began on 9 September.
1318:had 40 feet (12 m) of her bow badly damaged.
2644:List of dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy
2323:Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946
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870:. She crossed the Atlantic early in 1941 to take
2493:P.R. Dobson's 3D Recreation of HMS King George V
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1653:on an official visit to Australia, returning to
858:was commissioned at her shipyard and sailed for
469:was involved in the hunt for and pursuit of the
16:King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy
1847:Removal of two 20 mm Oerlikon cannon, two
894:, sailing from Scapa Flow on 9 March to escort
2694:World War II battleships of the United Kingdom
2433:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.
1783:coil was replaced with an internal coil; four
438:in all three major naval theatres of war, the
430:. Laid down in 1937 and commissioned in 1940,
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2488:Maritimequest HMS King George V Photo Gallery
2341:Ship Craft 2: King George V Class Battleships
1505:to join other Royal Navy units assembling at
1261:, sent ahead to refuel, was bombed and sunk.
307:, 14 ft 6 in (4.42 m) diameter
8:
2325:. New York: Mayflower Books. pp. 2–85.
1125:had only 32 per cent of her fuel left while
1079:sighted her, heading for the French port of
776:The secondary armament consisted of sixteen
510:. She also escorted part of the surrendered
1288:After repairs and adjustments to her guns,
1255:returned to port safely, but the destroyer
1132:Admiral Tovey signalled his battle plan to
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1747:, one 8-barrelled 2 pdr pom-pom, and 18 ×
416:41) was the lead ship of the five British
1563:and beat off a Japanese air attack, with
1057:, although damaged, continued south with
929:who were attacking convoy ships south of
910:left Halifax the next day to search with
320:28.0 knots (51.9 km/h) (1941 trials)
2429:Raven, Alan & Roberts, John (1976).
1705:
1570:s anti-aircraft crews shooting down one
1415:, to Malta after the armistice and with
1177:answered almost immediately, straddling
854:The first of her class to be completed,
19:For other ships with the same name, see
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2205:Mason, Geoffrey B. (15 December 1911).
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1797:20 × 20 mm Oerlikon cannon added.
1193:concentrated all her remaining guns on
1045:was damaged when taking fire from both
2689:King George V-class battleships (1939)
2391:(Second ed.). London: Ian Allan.
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1431:from 9 to 11 September by the cruiser
996:in support of the cruiser patrols off
958:Last battle of the battleship Bismarck
760:Mark IX to control her main armament.
27:
2387:Lenton, H.T.; Colledge, J.J. (1973).
2372:. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing.
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1581:and re-designated Task Force 57, the
1173:followed suit in less than a minute.
593:(7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 25
383:main turrets: 13 inches (330 mm)
59:
7:
380:deck: up to 5.6 inches (140 mm)
354:QF 5.25-inch (133 mm) Mk I guns
348:BL 14-inch (356 mm) Mk VII guns
1817:was replaced by the Type 279B, the
975:broke out into the Atlantic Ocean,
589:fuel consumption, range was: 4,000
1743:; the addition of one 4-barrelled
1310:and crossed her bow in dense fog.
1306:, which had manoeuvred to avoid a
400:seaplanes, 1 double-ended catapult
386:barbettes: 13 inches (330 mm)
377:lower belt: 6 inches (150 mm)
374:Main belt: 15 inches (380 mm)
297:4 Parsons single-reduction geared
290:8 Admiralty three-drum small-tube
14:
2306:. London: Conway Maritime Press.
1998:Raven & Roberts, pp. 284, 304
1649:In January 1946 she conveyed the
1629:and the surrender that followed,
580:of 112 ft (34 m) and a
514:, which included the battleships
450:, as well as part of the British
310:125,000 shp (93,000 kW)
2704:Ships built by Vickers Armstrong
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1456:returned to the United Kingdom.
458:Fleets. In May 1941, along with
61:
31:
2450:King George V Class Battleships
1772:Damage from the collision with
979:sailed on 22 May 1941 with the
876:Ambassador to the United States
584:of 34 ft (10 m). She
576:of 745 ft (227 m), a
2304:Naval Weapons of World War Two
1651:Duke and Duchess of Gloucester
1490:are visible in the background.
1181:on her second salvo. By 08:59
1:
2709:Ships built on the River Tyne
707:The tight limitations of the
2517:. Imperial War Museum. 1942.
1683:was moved from her berth in
1619:dropping of the atomic bombs
1403:, including the battleships
1189:was firing 16-inch salvoes.
778:5.25-inch (133 mm) guns
758:Admiralty Fire Control Table
490:sank after a collision with
49:with sailors on deck in 1945
2452:. London: Arms and Armour.
2115:Raven & Roberts, p. 291
1779:was repaired; the external
1277:, after her collision with
1068:at 10:30 on 26 May, when a
1015:, who commanded the force.
962:When the German battleship
917:for the German battleships
886:, the commando raid on the
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1954:Lenton and Colledge p. 21.
955:
721:14-inch (356 mm) guns
18:
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2605:
2562:
2498:Uboat.net – King George V
2339:Chesneau, Roger. (2004).
1787:added; FM2 MF D/F added.
1314:was cut in two and sank;
1273:Damage to the bow of HMS
1208:At 09:27 a shell hitting
846:anti-aircraft directors.
803:High Angle Control System
280:32.6 ft (9.9 m)
231:
54:
30:
2389:Warships of World War II
2302:Campbell, John. (1985).
1825:; addition of the Types
1759:radars were also added.
1745:2 pdr "pom-pom" mounting
1691:to undergo dismantling.
1639:the surrender ceremonies
1529:, the aircraft carriers
1423:who were transported to
1342:Mediterranean operations
1330:on 9 May for repairs by
612:was equipped with eight
478:German vessel's sinking.
264:745 ft (227 m)
2448:Tarrant, V. E. (1991).
1488:-class aircraft carrier
1419:provided cover for the
1379:prior to departing for
1227:to finish her off with
1064:The British re-located
709:Washington Naval Treaty
599:Washington Naval Treaty
553:General characteristics
471:German battleship
272:103 ft (31 m)
232:General characteristics
2343:. Chatham Publishing.
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1559:. They also practised
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1053:and forced to retire.
840:Mk IV Pom-pom director
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704:
564:at Walker Naval Yard,
2466:Tovey, John. (1947).
2368:Hobbs, Davis (2017).
2106:Campbell 1985, p. 33.
2097:Campbell 1985, p. 71.
1860:
1674:and were mothballed.
1583:British Pacific Fleet
1467:
1421:1st Airborne Division
1399:escorted part of the
1272:
1143:At 08:15 the cruiser
813:Anti-aircraft battery
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494:in foggy conditions.
2181:Tovey, Appendix one.
1715:Description of Work
1561:replenishment-at-sea
904:Halifax, Nova Scotia
892:Halifax, Nova Scotia
823:Unrotated Projectile
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434:operated during the
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1538:Indomitable
1532:Illustrious
1507:Trincomalee
1364:sister ship
1224:Dorsetshire
1073:flying boat
1059:Prinz Eugen
1051:Prinz Eugen
1035:Prinz Eugen
988:and eleven
972:Prinz Eugen
937:as part of
920:Scharnhorst
844:tachymetric
424:battleships
161:Honours and
153:Nickname(s)
2699:1939 ships
2683:Categories
2514:Battleship
1781:degaussing
1720:Early 1941
1655:Portsmouth
1577:Joined by
1549:Victorious
1519:Aegean Sea
1450:Alexandria
1296:Washington
994:destroyers
985:Victorious
868:Scapa Flow
864:Home Fleet
605:Propulsion
568:; she was
530:. In 1945
452:Home Fleet
428:Royal Navy
333:Complement
305:propellers
285:Propulsion
247:battleship
2627:HMS
1918:Citations
1821:with the
1805:Liverpool
1792:Late 1943
1768:Liverpool
1635:Tokyo Bay
1623:Hiroshima
1607:Hamamatsu
1478:USS
1476:in 1945.
1443:HMS
1440:minelayer
1433:USS
1389:Favignana
1352:Gibraltar
1328:Liverpool
1301:HMS
1294:USS
1279:HMS
1245:submarine
1229:torpedoes
1094:Ark Royal
931:Cape Race
926:Gneisenau
880:Annapolis
782:amidships
636:HMS
586:displaced
570:laid down
485:HMS
482:destroyer
460:HMS
113:Laid down
2632:(actual)
2629:Vanguard
1910:service.
1835:catapult
1823:Type 274
1819:Type 284
1757:Type 282
1753:Type 273
1712:Location
1685:Gareloch
1627:Nagasaki
1480:Missouri
1362:and her
1219:Bismarck
1210:Bismarck
1191:Bismarck
1175:Bismarck
1163:Bismarck
1155:Bismarck
1151:Bismarck
1149:spotted
1107:Bismarck
1105:damaged
1070:Catalina
1066:Bismarck
1055:Bismarck
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1006:flagship
1004:was the
990:cruisers
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951:Bismarck
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690:Armament
678:through
473:Bismarck
440:Atlantic
341:Armament
299:turbines
182:Bismarck
175:Atlantic
145:Stricken
121:Launched
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85:Namesake
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1755:; five
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1672:reserve
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1517:in the
1483:and an
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1385:Levanzo
1377:Algiers
1373:Trapani
1312:Punjabi
1303:Punjabi
1281:Punjabi
1258:Mashona
1146:Norfolk
1113:joined
1010:Admiral
998:Iceland
669:Parsons
652:Repulse
582:draught
536:Pacific
508:Trapani
504:Levanzo
487:Punjabi
456:Pacific
448:Pacific
426:of the
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292:boilers
277:Draught
201:Okinawa
191:1942−43
169:Jutland
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55:History
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1611:Honshu
1511:Ceylon
1445:Abdiel
1412:Duilio
1253:Rodney
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896:HX 104
874:, the
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658:Renown
619:Nelson
548:Design
523:Duilio
462:Rodney
421:-class
369:Armour
261:Length
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189:Arctic
163:awards
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1866:Notes
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526:, to
358:64 ×
352:16 ×
346:10 ×
325:Range
317:Speed
224:Notes
207:Japan
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2596:Howe
2454:ISBN
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1887:Howe
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1842:1945
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216:Fate
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