king george class battleship royal_navy named admiral built launched february completed june completion delayed allow fitting fire control radar additional anti aircraft weapons originally named renamed february saw service second world war escorting russian convoys arctic december took moves draw attention away operation july february provided cover successful air strike german battleship accepted surrender japanese forces occupying hong_kong august end war flagship 1st battle squadron arrived british waters july spending years active service post war navy finally placed reserve spending years condition december purchased scrap construction aftermath world war drawn effort stop arms race developing britain japan france italy united_states treaty limited number ships nation allowed build capped displacement capital ships long tons restrictions extended london naval treaty japan italy agree second london naval treaty armament control concerned lack modern battleships navy admiralty ordered construction new battleship class king george class calibre limitation clause introduced second treaty meant main armament limited inch unusual arrangement guns turrets attempt firepower pressing need ships british unlike delay advantage clause allow inch guns ships ones built time adhere treaty soon apparent british signatories treaty ignoring requirements late change design class laid keel fourth ship class laid swan hunter july originally named admiral sir commander grand_fleet battle jutland renamed february launched february completed june completion delayed largely inclusion fire control radar additional anti aircraft weapons description displaced long tons trials long tons fully loaded ship overall length feet beam feet draught feet inches designed metacentric height feet inch normal load feet inch deep load powered parsons geared steam turbines driving propeller shafts steam provided admiralty drum water tube boilers normally delivered shaft horsepower deliver shp emergency gave speed knots mph ship carried long tons fuel oil speed range nautical miles knots mph burning long tons fuel hour armament main armament inch vii guns inch guns mounted turrets quadruple turret forward aft twin turret forward firing quadruple turret guns elevated degrees depressed degrees gun broadside weighed pounds fired seconds secondary armament consisted inch guns mounted twin mounts maximum range guns yards degree elevation anti aircraft ceiling feet guns elevated degrees depressed degrees normal rate fire rounds minute practice guns fire seven rounds minute main secondary batteries carried pounder viii anti aircraft guns supplemented eighteen millimetre light guns operational history commissioning sent home_fleet escort ship multiple russian convoys september distant covering force convoy sister ship hms duke york light cruiser destroyers december provided distant cover cruiser destroyers january provided distant cover cruiser destroyers eclipse polish destroyer january convoy departed inlet distant cover provided cruiser sheffield destroyers polish destroyer january june pre world war battleship disguised mediterranean_sea acting operation vigorous july took moves designed draw attention away preparations october year duke york cruiser provided cover aircraft carrier ranger mounted air strikes german shipping norway february company french battleship force cruisers destroyers stood capacity aircraft aircraft carrier carried air strikes german targets norway april provided cover successful air strike german battleship served flagship vice admiral sir decommissioned refit june return fleet march sailed duke york join time arrived theatre hostilities left sydney august hong_kong duke york task force ships britain commonwealth accepted surrender japanese forces occupying hong_kong present tokyo bay official japanese surrender aboard uss missouri post war era following war flagship 1st battle squadron helped liberate hong_kong brief refit sailed sydney february collect duke gloucester return sydney arrived british waters july short refit returned peacetime duties november placed reserve towed december purchased scrap career refitted occasions order update equipment following dates details undertaken
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