The King George V-class battleship is a British battleship.
Description[]
The five ships of the King George V-class were the last and most modern battleships commissioned by the Royal Navy in World War II. They took part in a lot of famous battles and landing operations: the lead ship HMS King George V played a major role in sinking the German battleship Bismarck, while HMS Duke of York defeated the German battlecruiser Scharnhorst. Anson and Howe mostly served as convoy escorts in the northern Atlantic. The ill-fated Prince of Wales was the only ship in the class lost during the war: she was discovered by Japanese bombers in the South China Sea while travelling to Singapore without air screen, and was sunk on 10th December, 1941.
In BattleGroup42 the King George V-class is depicted by the lead ship King George V, and is armed with ten BL 14 inch Mk VII naval guns on three turrets, supported by eight QF 5.25 inch guns on each side of the ship. For anti-air defence, it has a quad Bofors 40mm gun on each side of the ship.
Two LCVPs, or one LCVP and one LVT-4 Water Buffalo, spawn near the rear of the ship for troops to launch amphibious assaults.
It can be found in 4209-Wolves at Night, 4307-Gela Beach, 4401-Operation Shingle.
Trivia[]
- The model of King George V-class is based on the original Battlefield 1942's HMS Prince of Wales.
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