hms prince george hms prince george majestic class pre dreadnought battleship launched named future united_kingdom fourth final ship bear commissioned initially served channel_fleet involved collision sister ship resulting damage meant spent repaired refit assigned home_fleet assigned 7th battle squadron world war broke rest squadron attached channel_fleet early stages war early dispatched mediterranean service participated turkish forts supported allied operations gallipoli including evacuation peninsula late spent remainder war united_kingdom initially accommodation ship converted depot ship destroyers stationed scapa_flow role renamed victorious original decommissioned sold scrapping german company sank netherlands transit germany design prince george laid portsmouth dockyard september launched year later august fitting work commenced ceremony performed later queen mary presence husband prince george duke york later king george ship named commissioned royal_navy november ship feet long overall beam draft displaced long tons short tons combat load propulsion system consisted cylinder triple expansion engines powered coal fired cylindrical boilers oil fired models engines provided speed knots mph indicated horsepower considered good easy roll good suffered high fuel consumption crew officers enlisted men prince george armed inch viii guns twin turrets forward aft turrets placed pear shaped barbettes sisters arrangement sisters future british battleship classes circular barbettes prince george carried inch guns mounted casemates gun decks amidships carried sixteen pounder guns pounder guns equipped inch torpedo tubes submerged ship hull deck mounted ships class inches harvey armour allowed equal protection cost weight compared previous types armour allowed sisters deeper lighter belt previous battleships loss protection barbettes main battery protected armour conning tower thickness steel sides ship armoured deck thick operational history pre world war hms prince george commissioned november serve channel_fleet captain appointed command june present diamond jubilee queen victoria june vii august october prince george badly damaged sister ship rammed heavy seas speed knots mph spain punching large hole waterline starboard quarter prince george danger sinking hours managed steering engines temporary repairs departed october portsmouth repairs completed prince george ended channel_fleet service july began refit portsmouth completion commissioned reserve january february commissioned service channel_fleet fleet reorganisation january march collided german armoured cruiser sms friedrich gibraltar damage july prince george transferred new channel_fleet ending service march paid portsmouth prince george recommissioned march serve flagship commander chief new home_fleet organised january december collided armoured cruiser shannon portsmouth sustaining significant damage deck plating boat relieved flagship february march december underwent refit portsmouth radio installed prince george reduced nucleus crew placed commissioned reserve december moved devonport june prince george 7th world war outbreak world war august returned commission august briefly squadron flagship relieved role battleship vengeance august august prince george covered passage belgium september covered movement england france service ended february transferred dardanelles service dardanelles campaign arrived march base february took attacks ottoman turkish forts covering march firing turkish batteries took inch hit waterline returned malta repairs prince george action july supporting french troops gunfire support december covered evacuation allied troops evacuation january hit torpedo january failed explode suffered damage january february left mediterranean end february paid chatham dockyard march provide crews vessels remained chatham care maintenance status february serving auxiliary subsidiary duties served accommodation ship march began refit chatham conversion destroyer depot ship renamed september emerged refit october attached repair ship sister ship battleship victorious scapa_flow served depot ship destroyers grand_fleet reverted february march transferred serve depot ship destroyers based prince george placed disposal list february sold scrapping british firm september german firm december departed germany scrapping voyage prince george wrecked december netherlands subsequently stripped valuable materials left remaining day
HMS Prince George (1895)