HMS KING GEORGE V

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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.

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Category: Photographs
Related period: Second World War (production), Second World War (content)
Catalogue number: [MOI] FLM 1302
Part of: MINISTRY OF INFORMATION FILM STILLS COLLECTION

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HMS KING GEORGE V AFTER COLLISION WITH HMS PUNJABI. 3 MAY 1942, ON BOARD THE DESTROYER HMS WHEATLAND, SEIDESFJORD, ICELAND....

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HMS KING GEORGE V AFTER COLLISION WITH HMS PUNJABI. 3 MAY 1942, ON BOARD THE DESTROYER HMS WHEATLAND, SEIDESFJORD, ICELAND....

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HMS KING GEORGE V AFTER COLLISION WITH HMS PUNJABI. 3 MAY 1942, ON BOARD THE DESTROYER HMS WHEATLAND, SEIDESFJORD, ICELAND....

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