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Close-up of a rocket launcher control cabin aboard HMS King George V while she was in drydock at Rosyth, Scotland, United Kingdom, circa 1940-1941Crewman on HMS King George V with 7-inch anti-aircraft rockets, 1941
Close-up of a rocket launcher control cabin aboard HMS King George V while she was in drydock at Rosyth, Scotland, United Kingdom, circa 1940-1941Crewman on HMS King George V with 7-inch anti-aircraft rockets, 1941
King George VI of the United Kingdom and Admiral John Tovey aboard HMS King George V, Scapa Flow, Scotland, United Kingdom, Aug 1941American aircraft carrier USS Wasp (Wasp-class) at anchor in Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, 6 Apr 1942. Cruiser USS Wichita is seen at right and battleship USS Washington in the center.
King George VI of the United Kingdom and Admiral John Tovey aboard HMS King George V, Scapa Flow, Scotland, United Kingdom, Aug 1941American aircraft carrier USS Wasp (Wasp-class) at anchor in Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, 6 Apr 1942. Cruiser USS Wichita is seen at right and battleship USS Washington in the center.
HMS King George V with bow damaged sustained after collision with HMS Punjabi, Seidesfjord, Iceland, 3 May 1942Winston Churchill with Stafford Cripps and Admiral John Tovey aboard HMS King George V, Scapa Flow, Scotland, United Kingdom, 11 Oct 1942
HMS King George V with bow damaged sustained after collision with HMS Punjabi, Seidesfjord, Iceland, 3 May 1942Winston Churchill with Stafford Cripps and Admiral John Tovey aboard HMS King George V, Scapa Flow, Scotland, United Kingdom, 11 Oct 1942
Close-up of some of HMS King George VUSS South Dakota and USS Alabama underway in the Atlantic Ocean, 1943; photo taken from HMS King George V
Close-up of some of HMS King George V's anti-aircraft weapons, Nov 1942USS South Dakota and USS Alabama underway in the Atlantic Ocean, 1943; photo taken from HMS King George V
British battleship HMS King George V, 1945Close-up of one of HMS King George V
British battleship HMS King George V, 1945Close-up of one of HMS King George V's secondary gun turrets and various officers and crew, 1945
HMS King George V entering Apra Harbor, Guam, Mariana Islands, 1945HMS King George V, USS Missouri, a British destroyer, and an American Essex-class carrier at sea off Japan, 16 Aug 1945
HMS King George V entering Apra Harbor, Guam, Mariana Islands, 1945HMS King George V, USS Missouri, a British destroyer, and an American Essex-class carrier at sea off Japan, 16 Aug 1945
Battleships Missouri, Duke of York, King George V, and Colorado in Sagami Bay, Japan, 28 Aug 1945; note Mount Fuji in backgroundView of the forward turrets of HMS King George V while she was at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 29 Oct 1945
Battleships Missouri, Duke of York, King George V, and Colorado in Sagami Bay, Japan, 28 Aug 1945; note Mount Fuji in backgroundView of the forward turrets of HMS King George V while she was at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 29 Oct 1945
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