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HMS King George V
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KING GEORGE V-Class
battleship ordered on 29th July 1936 under a 1936 Build Program from
Vickers
Armstrong shipyard at Newcastle and laid down on
1st January 1937.
She was launched on 21st February
1939 as
the
second major RN ship to carry this name,
previously carried by a 1911 battleship sold
in 1926. Six minor
warships
had been named
KING GEORGE one being a trawler hired during WW1. Build was completed on
11th December 1941.
Following a successful WARSHIP WEEK National Savings campaign in November 1941
this ship was adopted by the civil community of the city of Birmingham.
B a t t l e H o n o u r s
JUTLAND 1916 - ATLANTIC 1941 - BISMARCK Action 1941
ARCTIC 1942-43 - SICILY 1943 - OKINAWA 1945 - JAPAN 1945