HMS King George V

GPTKB entity

Statements (68)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:battleship
gptkbp:armament gptkb:20_×_20_mm_Oerlikon_guns
10 × 14 inch guns
8 × 40 mm Bofors guns
16 × 5.25 inch guns
2 × 4 inch guns
gptkbp:armor up to 12 inches
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class gptkb:King_George_V-class_battleship
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:1940
1940-12-24
gptkbp:crew 1,500 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:1949
1949-03-15
gptkbp:deployment gptkb:English_Channel
gptkb:Indian_Ocean
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkb:North_Sea
gptkb:Arctic_Ocean
1945
1946
1947
North Atlantic
Far East
gptkbp:displacement 42,000 tons
42,100 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:historical_significance First British battleship to engage in major naval battle after World War I.
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS King George V
gptkbp:launched 1939
1939-02-01
gptkbp:length 227 meters
227.1 meters
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:KGV
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:D-Day_landings
gptkb:Operation_Neptune
gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkb:Operation_Torch
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Barents_Sea
gptkb:Battle_of_the_North_Cape
gptkbp:origin gptkb:King_George_V_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
4 shafts
gptkbp:radar gptkb:Type_281_radar
gptkb:Type_285_radar
gptkb:Type_293_radar
gptkbp:replaced_by gptkb:HMS_Vanguard
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Royal_Navy_Fleet
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Prince_of_Wales
gptkb:HMS_Duke_of_York
gptkb:HMS_Anson
gptkb:HMS_Howe
gptkbp:speed 28 knots
28.5 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Vanguard
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkb:HMS_Prince_of_Wales
gptkb:HMS_Duke_of_York
gptkb:Vice_Admiral_Sir_John_Cunningham
gptkb:Bismarck
gptkb:British_naval_forces
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_Henry_Harwood
gptkb:Vice_Admiral_Sir_Doveton_Sturdee
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4