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| HMS King George V |
 
Dates: 1939 - 1957 Following the tradition of naming the first battleship constructed in the reign of a new monarch after the current monarch, she was originally to be named King George VI (after George VI). However the King instructed the Admiralty to name the ship in honour of his father, George V. King George V was built by Vickers-Armstrong at Walker’s Naval Yard, Newcastle upon Tyne and laid down on 1 January 1937, launched on 21 February 1939, and commissioned on 11 December 1940.
Forces Reunited Forum Posts involving HMS King George V
" On 27 May 1941 the battleship Bismarck was sunk, 2 days after the Battle of Denmark Strait in which HMS Hood was lost with only 3 survivors from her complement of 1,415. En route back to France she was attacked by Fairey Swordfish from HMS Ark Royal. In a final attack, almost in ..."
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"hi all, im trying to find any information about my grandad he was robert bowes and was a stoker onboard HMS Victory and HMS King George v"
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HMS King George V
1939 - 1957
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