Named in honor of the deceased ruler of the United Kingdom, HMS King George V was laid down on New Year’s Day 1937, launched on February 21, 1939, and commissioned on October 1, 1940 ...

HMS Rajah is seen here off the stern, starboard quarter of the Battleship HMS King George V. The photograph was taken by one of the Rajah's aircraft while anchored in Colombo Harbour. (Photograph ...

I was serving as a young ordinary seaman on board HMS King George V. The ship left Sydney on 28 February 1945 and joined the rest of the Fleet in the Admiralty Islands where I celebrated my 18th ...

HMS King George V is one of the Royal Navy's important war ships commemorated in eight new Royal Mail stamps commissioned to celebrate 500 years of maritime history. HMS King George was built at ...

Roy Harland, 102, was on HMS King George V to hear Winston Churchill issue his command to destroy the German battleship. Radar operator Roy and his Royal Navy comrades soon carried out the Prime ...

The attached picture shows the 14" gun armed King George V leaving Colombo Harbour in mid 1945. Together with HMS Rodney the KGV was responsible for pounding the Battleship Bismarck to a blazing ...