RN Battleships: King George V Class 1940

[Brian James]

King George V Class Battleship HMS Anson pictured at Scapa Flow.....Rear Admiral Cecil Harcourt accepted the surrender of Japanese forces occupying Hong Kong on board Anson in August 1945, and after the end of the war the vessel became the flagship of the 1st Battle Squadron of the British Pacific Fleet.

[Brian James]

The new C-in-C of the Eastern Fleet, Adm. Sir Thomas Spencer Vaughan 'Tom' Phillips GBE, KCB, DSO, (hands on hips) pictured as he watches his flagship, the brand new (and still not fully complete) King George V Class Battleship HMS Prince of Wales, fresh from catching the Bismarck, berth at Singapore on December 4th 1941. The second officer on the Admiral’s right (holding briefcase by his side) is Chief of Staff Rear Admiral A F E Palliser...Just six days later, both proud capital ships Prince of Wales and Repulse would be on the bottom with a loss of 840 officers and men – including Tom Phillips and flagship Captain John Leach. The spell was broken. Palliser, meanwhile, would survive, going on to command the British part of the ill-fated ABDACOM, before ending the war as Fourth Sea Lord– Chief of Supplies and Transport.

[designeraccd]

Interesting find Brian!

Here is a high up view of DUKE OF YORK outfitting in Sept, '41!! DFO

[Brian James]

Great find Dennis ol' mate

[Pelican]

Royal Navy

The bells of HMS Prince of Wales and Repulse - sunk on this day in 1941 - are on display in the National Museum of the Royal Navy in Portsmouth today to mark the 80th anniversary of the tragedy.
842 men died when the two capital ships were lost to Japanese air attack off Malaysia - just three days after the shock of the attack on Pearl Harbour.
The bells were recovered 20 years ago by Royal Navy divers - with the full support of survivors - as the wrecks were plundered by unscrupulous salvagers and souvenir hunters.

See - https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-l ... ow-repulse

[Brian James]

King George V Class Battleship HMS Howe, pictured during sea trials, August 1942.

[Brian James]

King George V Class Battleship HMS Duke of York pictured during her deployment with the BPF in 1945.

[designeraccd]

Three views of ANSON with BPF in Sydney...... DFO

[Brian James]

Undated...King George V Class Battleship HMS Howe pictured at Scapa Flow.

[Brian James]

Lead Ship, Battleship HMS King George V pictured on May 17th 1942, in Gladstone Graving Dock at Liverpool after ramming and sinking Tribal Class Destroyer HMS Punjabi with the loss of 49 of her crew, on May 1st. It will take roughly 2 months to repair extensive damage to her bow.