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King George V-class battleship

BattleshipUnited KingdomRetired
King George V-class battleship
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Key specs

Type
Battleship
Shipyards
Cammell Laird, Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering, John Brown & Co., Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson
Construction began
1937
First commissioned
1940
Last retired
1951
Status
Retired
Ships completed
5
Crew
1,422

Battleship

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Performance

Dimensions and weights
Displacement
40,642 t
Length
227.08 m
Beam
31.39 m
Draught
10.06 m
Performance
Maximum speed
28 kn (52 km/h)
Range
14,000 nmi (25,928 km)
Power
82,027 kW
Armament
Armament
2 × 356 mm8 × 133 mm40 mm2 × 40 mm36 × 20 mm
Aircraft carried
Supermarine Walrus

Operators

United Kingdom

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: King George V-class battleship (1939), Wikipedia

Figures from the ship infobox of the English Wikipedia article, for the class as a whole. Armament lists what the ships carried or carry.