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    HMS King George V (pennant number 41) was the lead ship of the five British King George V-class battleships of the Royal Navy. Laid down in 1937 and commissioned...
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    class were built: HMS King George V (commissioned 1940), HMS Prince of Wales (1941), HMS Duke of York (1941), HMS Anson (1942) and HMS Howe (1942). The...
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  • Navy have been named HMS King George V, after George V, King of the United Kingdom, whilst another was planned: HMS King George V was to have been an Orion-class...
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    George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India...
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    104°28′42″E / 3.56000°N 104.47833°E / 3.56000; 104.47833 HMS Prince of Wales was a King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy that was built at the...
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    family, the fourth son of King George V and Queen Mary. He was a younger brother of kings Edward VIII and George VI. Prince George served in the Royal Navy...
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    HMS Howe (pennant number 32) was the last of the five British King George V-class battleships of the Royal Navy. Built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering...
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    George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth...
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  • King George V School, Hong Kong HMS King George V (1911), a battleship King George V-class battleship (1911) HMS King George V (41), a battleship King George...
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    HMS Anson was a King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy, named after Admiral George Anson. She was built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson...
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  • 1920. HMS Prince of Wales (53) was a King George V-class battleship launched in 1939 and sunk in a Japanese airstrike on 10 December 1941. HMS Prince...
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    was sold for scrap in 1926. The King George V-class battleships, HMS King George V, HMS Centurion, HMS Audacious, and HMS Ajax, were larger variants of...
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    HMS Duke of York was a King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy. Laid down in May 1937, the ship was constructed by John Brown and Company at Clydebank...
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    King George V received numerous decorations and honorary appointments, both during and before his time as monarch of the United Kingdom and the dominions...
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  • in 1880 and sold in 1904. HMS Ajax (1912) was a King George V-class battleship launched in 1912 and broken up in 1926. HMS Ajax (22) was a Leander-class...
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  • preceding King George V class, with 16-inch (406 mm) guns. Only two ships were laid down before the Second World War began in September 1939 and a third...
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    anti-aircraft fire. This used the new 5.25-inch (133 mm) gun as used in the King George V-class battleships. Hermione was one of two Dido-class cruisers ordered...
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    the Second World War, being sunk in a collision with the battleship King George V. She has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name "Punjabi"...
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  • (1984) Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (2009) Nicholas Hytner George Fenton The Madness of King George (1994) The Crucible (1996) The Object of My Affection (1998)...
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  • Revenge-class battleship Nelson-class battleship King George V-class battleship Renown-class battlecruiser HMS Hood Heavy cruisers were defined by international...
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    was constituted as follows: HMS King George V HMS Ajax HMS Audacious HMS Centurion HMS Conqueror HMS Monarch HMS Orion HMS Thunderer As an element in the...
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    HMS Belfast is a Town-class light cruiser that was built for the Royal Navy. She is now permanently moored as a museum ship on the River Thames in London...
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    HMS Vanguard was a British fast battleship built during the Second World War and commissioned after the war ended. She was the largest and fastest of...
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  • HMS Southampton she escorted the liner Empress of Australia on the outward and the liner Empress of Britain on the return voyage carrying King George...
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    Review at Spithead for King George V. She attended another Fleet Review, the coronation review for George VI, on 20 May 1937. In 1939, a twin QF 5.25-inch...
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    of Performance in H.M.S. Hood, H.M.S. Illustrious, H.M.S. King George V and Smaller Vessels of RDF279". www.hmshood.org.uk. H.M.S. Hood Association....
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    George II (Greek: Γεώργιος Β', romanized: Geórgios II; 19 July [Old Style: 7 July] 1890 – 1 April 1947) was King of Greece from 27 September 1922 until...
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    HMS Royal Oak was one of five Revenge-class battleships built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. Completed in 1916, the ship first saw combat...
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    (ordered in 1913) and the King George V class, ordered in 1936. The ships were named after famous British admirals: George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney...
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    battlecruiser HMS Renown and six destroyers, sailing from Reykjavík and another led by Admiral John Tovey comprising the battleship HMS King George V, the carrier...
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