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HMS King George V (41)
The second HMS King George V was the name ship of her class of battleships. She had a relatively weak armament in comparison to other battleships that were built after ignoring the Second London Naval Treaty became common practice. King George V and the four other ships of the class were most crucially out-gunned by the massive German battleship Bismarck and her sister-ship Tirpitz. She was the flagship of the Home Fleet under the command of Admiral Sir John Tovey, and was involved in the legendary chase for the Bismarck. On 27 May 1941, she and Rodney, poured an incredible number of shells into to the hull of the ill-fated German ship. Following the successful destruction of Bismarck, the ship was involved in a tragic accident, in which she collided with the destroyer Punjabi, resulting in the sinking of the latter ship and minimal damage for King George V during the spring of 1942. She also covered the landings at Sicily, as well as having the prestigious honour of taking Winston Churchill back to Britain from the Tehran Conference.
From 1944 to the surrender of Japan, King George V served with the British Pacific Fleet, being present at Japan during the official surrender ceremony. She was recommissioned as flagship of the Home Fleet in 1946, but was decommissioned just three years later into the Reserve Fleet and subsequently scrapped at Dalmuir in 1957. Four King George V-class ships survived World War II; Prince of Wales was sunk near Singapore in 1942. The survivors, including King George V, were scrapped in 1957.
For other ships of the same name see HMS King George V.
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