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Enter the Prince by Anthony Saunders. HMS Prince of Wales enters Valetta harbour, Malta.
The Chase, 27th May 1941 by Randall Wilson. HMS King George V and HMS Rodney chase down the crippled German battleship, Bismarck, and within hours they will go into action.
Return the Victor, HMS Duke of York entering Scapa Flow by Randall Wilson. HMS Duke of York passes Heaven gate, Scapa Flow, on her return from the battle of North Cape. Following astern is HMS Belfast and HMS Jamaica. HMS Meteor is already at anchor to the left of the painting.
HMS Repulse with HMS Prince of Wales Under Attack by Ivan Berryman. Mitsubishi G4Ms of 27 Kanoya Kokutai begin their devastating attack on Force Z off the north east coast of Malaya on 10th December 1941. Both Repulse and prince of Wales were lost in the attack, while their accompanying destroyers remained to pick up survivors among them HMS Express which can be seen off HMS Repulse starboard quarter.
HMS Prince of Wales by Brian Wood. HMS Prince of Wales is shown firing on the Bismarck and in the background a huge black cloud is all that is left of HMS Hood.
Setting of the Sun by Randall Wilson. USS Missouri and HMS King George V head south to Tokyo for the surrender, after completing the last shore bombardment of mainland Japan, 1945.
HMS Duke of York at Rosyth, November 1943
HMS Prince of Wales, August 1941.
HMS Duke of York on her way down the Clyde after leaving John Brown's Shipyard
Return the Victor, HMS Duke of York entering Scapa Flow by Randall Wilson.
HMS Anson at Sydney Harbour, July 1945 by Ivan Berryman. The King George V class battleship HMS Anson is pictured in Sydney Harbour where she joined the Pacific Fleet in July 1945, viewed across the flight deck of HMS Vengeance, where ten of her Vought F4.U Corsairs are ranged in front of a single folded Fairey Barracuda
Return the Victor, HMS Duke of York entering Scapa Flow by Randall Wilson.
The Chase, 27th May 1941 by Randall Wilson.
HMS King George V and HMS Rodney chase down the crippled German battleship, Bismarck, and within hours they will go into action.
HMS Prince of Wales by Ivan Berryman.
Seen here from the deck of an escorting destroyer.
Later updates to the AA batteries included single and quad Bofors 40mm guns, the 20mm Oerlikon gun was added soon after completion, the numbers of these weapons varied constantly among the ships, being changed at nearly every refit. While the high velocity Bofors were considered much more effective against torpedo bombers, the 2 Pdr was found to be equally effective against Kamikazi's and was reintroduced in single mounts (replacing 20mm guns) briefly in the final year of the War (Pacific Campaign).
40mm USN type powered quad mount (without shieldiing)
20mm Oerlikon Air Cooled single mount
KGV Radar gun directors being assembled
A good detailed view of KGV's 5.25" mounts in a postwar peacetime setting. Note the light armor on the mount, much less protection than on the USN 5" mounts.
A coast defense 5.25 mount in Port Morsby - note the larger gun house, permitting much higher rates of fire than the cramped shipboard version. Experimental versions of this mount were fitted with autoloaders, including a twin version. ROF as high as 70 rpm were attained during tests in the 1950's, but development was cancelled in favor of guided missiles.
a bare 5.25" Mk I gun with breach assembly
KGV in 1945, note the four visible 2 pdr octuple mounts - 4 more are masked by the superstructure
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