H.M.S. King George V (1911)

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H.M.S. King George V
Career Details
Pendant Number: 70 (April, 1918)[1]
Built By: Portsmouth Royal Dockyard
Laid Down: 16 January, 1911
Launched: 9 October, 1911
Commissioned: 16 November, 1912
Sold: December, 1926
Fate: Scrapped

Alterations

In 1913, King George V was slated as part of the twelve ship order to receive a director along the lines of that developed in Neptune. She was fully equipped sometime in 1914 prior to the start of the war.[2]

In October, 1914, it was decided that King George V should receive an Open Director Sight for each of her turrets. They were fitted between April 1916 and June 1917.[3]

Between late 1915 and mid 1917, she was fitted with a Torpedo Control Plotting Instrument Mark II in the TCT.[4][5]

Fate

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919
  2. The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, pp. 9-10.
  3. The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, p. 18.
  4. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1915, p. 60.
  5. Handbook of Torpedo Control, 1916, p. 38.

Bibliography

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