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Living And Working On A Gigantic Sea-Going Gun Platform: HMS King George V. HMS King George V, tonnage: 35,000. Armaments ten 14-inch guns, sixteen 5.25 multiple pom-poms and other AA weapons. Compliment 1,500. These facts mean that a battleship is a gigantic sea-going gun platform: that 1,500 men are needed to steam her and keep her guns firing. Living and working aboard HMS King George V. Picture shows:- A leading stoker in the engine room.