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Fire! The Top 5 Battleships of All Time, Ranked
The third spot goes to Britain's HMS King George V, notable for its part in defeating the Bismarck. Japan's IJN Yamato, one ...
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The incredible story, told through archive photographs, of two industrialised superpowers’ fight in the North Sea a century ago
Naval ratings drawing a rum issue aboard the Royal Navy battleship HMS King George V. The rum ration (also called tot) was a daily amount of rum given to sailors on Royal Navy ships. It was ...
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Ranking The 10 Most Legendary Ships Of World War II
The HMS Prince of Wales was a King George V-class battleship and the most advanced in the British fleet, with the latest rangefinder and radar technology. The Prince of Wales was used in the ...
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Last Battle of the Bismarck: How Britain’s Navy Took Down Germany’s Mightiest Battleship
It consisted of the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, the battlecruiser Renown ... Eventually Rodney and King George V defanged ...
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George V
King George V, second son of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, was born in 1865 and served in the Royal Navy until 1892 when he became heir to the throne following the death of his elder brother, ...
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King George V Cup
said the “difficult decision” had been made to run RIHS under a new format for this season New partnership sail to King George V glory, but elimination causes late change to placings The ...
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HMS Victory conservation project announced to mark dry dock centenary
Rotting planks are to be replaced as part of the latest phase of work to renovate Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson's flagship HMS Victory ... to the public by King George V in 1928 and has since welcomed ...
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Unknown Warrior
The destroyer HMS Verdun, whose ship's bell was presented to the Abbey ... making its first stop in Whitehall where the Cenotaph was unveiled by King George V. The King placed his wreath of red roses ...
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Remembrance Sunday: Historic photos of Barrow during First World War
This Sunday (November 10) will see a procession take place in Barrow Town Centre for Remembrance Sunday. The memorial day is a national effort to commemorate the armistice signed between Germany and ...
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King George III
While the reigns of George I and II had been marked by a royal detachment from the administration of American colonies, King George III asserted his claim on the colonies strenuously. The king saw ...
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Who was the Unknown Warrior?
Image caption, This is an illustration of King George V before he took to the throne ... you can see the Unknown Warrior’s coffin being brought aboard HMS Verdun. The General and the Unknown ...