RN Battleships: King George V Class 1940

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King George V Class Battleship HMS Duke of York pictured during 'Operation Torch', the Allied invasion of French North Africa in 1942.
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What is the structure fitted to the aft funnel for? I think it looks like searchlights.
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oldsalt wrote: ↑Mon Sep 07, 2020 10:03 pm What is the structure fitted to the aft funnel for? I think it looks like searchlights.
Yes, they are searchlights and it looks as if she had at least four, one at either side of each funnel, probably to illuminate the sky for the guns to aim at a target.
POW april 41 funnela.jpg

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Lead Ship,Battleship HMS King George V pictured off Scapa Flow c1942.
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ANSON on far Northern convoy escort.....turn up the heaters! :o DFO
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King George V Class Battleship HMS Howe pictured in October 1942.
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King George V Class Battleship HMS Howe pictured during sea trials, August 1942.
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Here is ANSON up north on convoy duty............K K KKKK KOLD! :o DFO
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Sisters HMS Howe and HMS King George V pictured at Algiers,July 24th 1943.
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HMS King George V pictured at Rosyth in 1940.
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