Orion-class
King George V-class
Iron Duke-class
Part of the King George V-class consisting of the King George V (ex-Royal George), Audacious, Centurion and Ajax, preceded by the Orion-class and succeeded by the Iron Duke-class. Ordered under the 1910 construction program. Laid down by Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock, Scotland on 27 February 1911, launched on 21 March 1912, completed on 31 October 1913, decommissioned in 1924, part of the reserve at Devonport and sold to the Alloa Shipbreaking Company be broken up om 10 December 1926 which started at Rosyth, Scotland from 14 December 1926 on.
Displacement of 23.400 tons and as dimensions 182,3 x 27,1 x 8,5 metres or 598 x 89 x 28 feet. The 4 Parsons direct drive turbines and 18 Babconc&Wilcox boilers supplied via 4 shafts 27.000 shp allowing a speed of 21-21,5 knots. The armour consisted of a 20,3-30,5cm/8-12” thick belt, 2,5-10,2cm/1-4” thick decks with the barbettes and turrets protected by respectively 7,6-25,4cm/3-10”and 27,9cm/11”. The armament consisted of 5x3-34,3cm/13.5” breech loading Mk V guns, 16x1-10,2cm/4” breech loading Mk VII guns, 2-10,2cm/4” anti aircraft guns since 1915, 1-12pd gun, 4-3pd salute guns, 5 Maxim machineguns, 10 Lewis guns and 3-53,3cm/21” submerged torpedo tubes.
