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King George V Class

Name	Builders	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned
Anson	S	20th July 1937	24th February 1940	22nd June 1942
Duke Of York	J	5th May 1937	28th February 1940	4th November 1941
Howe	F	1st June 1937	9th April 1940	29th August 1942
King George V	V	1st January 1937	21st February 1939	11th December 1940
Prince Of Wales	C	1st January 1937	3rd May 1939	31st March 1941

Builders:
C : Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, United Kingdom
F : Fairfield, Govan, United Kingdom
J : J. Brown, Clydebank, United Kingdom
S : Swan Hunter, Tyneside, United Kingdom
V : Vickers Armstrong, Tyne, United Kingdom

Dimensions:
745' x 103' x 29' / 227.10m x 31.40m x 8.80m

Displacement:
36727 tons std / 42076 tons max

Complement:
1422

Armament:
10 x 14"/45 Mk VII guns in one twin and two quad turrets
16 x 5.25"/50 Mk I guns in twin turrets
32 x 2pdr guns in four octuple mountings

Aircraft Facilities:
A hangar and catapult was fitted with two Walrus seaplanes.

Armour:
Belt : 4.5" - 15"
5.25" Turrets : 1" - 2"
14" Turrets : 6" - 13"
Deck : 2.5" - 6"
Barbettes : 11" - 13"

Powerplant:
Eight Admiralty 3 drum boilers were fitted with four Parsons steam turbines producing total of 110000shp on four shafts. In addition there were two diesel generators as well as six generators powered by the main turbines.

Maximum speed was 28kts and range at 10kts was 15000NM. Maximum fuel load was 3700 tons oil.

Electronics Fit:
Radar:
N/A

Sonar:
None

Other:
N/A

Miscellaneous: