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King George V class
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/King_George_V_class
GPTKB entity
Statements (49)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instance_of
gptkb:battleship
gptkbp:armament
10 × 14 inch guns
gptkbp:armor
up to 12 inches
gptkbp:builder
gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkb:Harland_and_Wolff
gptkb:Vickers-Armstrongs
gptkb:John_Brown_&_Company
gptkbp:commissioned
1940s
gptkbp:constructed_in
1937 and 1945
gptkbp:crew_capacity
1,500 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned
1950s
gptkbp:designed_by
Sir Stanley Goodall
gptkbp:displacement
36,000 tons
gptkbp:fate
scrapped
gptkbp:historical_significance
Royal Navy's main battleship class during WWII
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
King George V class
gptkbp:launch_date
gptkb:1940
gptkb:1942
gptkb:1944
1939
1941
1943
1945
gptkbp:length
227 meters
gptkbp:notable_event
gptkb:D-Day_landings
gptkb:Operation_Torch
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Barents_Sea
gptkb:Battle_of_the_North_Cape
gptkbp:notable_ships
gptkb:5
gptkb:HMS_Prince_of_Wales
gptkb:HMS_Duke_of_York
gptkb:HMS_Anson
gptkb:HMS_King_George_V
gptkb:HMS_Howe
yes
gptkbp:primary_role
gptkb:naval_warfare
gptkbp:propulsion
steam turbines
gptkbp:radar
gptkb:Type_281_radar
gptkbp:replaced_by
Audacious class
gptkbp:served_in
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sister_ship
gptkb:HMS_Prince_of_Wales
gptkb:HMS_Duke_of_York
gptkb:HMS_Anson
gptkb:HMS_Howe
gptkbp:speed
28 knots
gptkbp:successor
Lion class
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:bfsLayer
4