British battleship HMS (ex-Royal George) King George V 1911-1926

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. Laid down at the navy yard Portsmouth, England on 16 January 1911, launched on9 October 1911, completed in November 1912, decommissioned in 1919, part of the reserve at Devonport, England, gunnery training ship 1923-1926 and broken up in 1926.

Displacement of 23.400 tons and as dimensions 182,3 (overall) x 27,1 x 8,74 metres or 597.5 x 89 x 28.8 feet. The 4 Parsons direct drive turbines and Babcock&Wilcox 18 boilers supplied via 4 shafts 31.000 shp allowing a speed of 21 (design)-22,13 (trials)knots. A range of 6.730 nautical miles with a speed of 10 knots. The armour consisted of a 20,3-30,5cm/8-12” thick belt, 2,5-10,2cm/1-4” thick decks, 10,2cm/25,4cm/4-10”thick bulkheads with the barbettes and turrets protected by respectively 7,6-25,4cm/3-10”and 27,9cm/11” (faces). The armament consisted of 5x3-34,3cm/13.5” breech loading Mk V guns, 16x1-10,2cm/4” breech loading Mk VII guns, 4-4,7cm/3pd guns, 5 machineguns and 3-53,3cm/21” submerged torpedo tubes. Crew numbered 782 men.