Thursday, January 8, 2009

rn battleship hms Duke of York photos







HMS Duke of York (pennant number 17) was british Royal Navy King George V class battleship. She was flagship of the British Pacific Fleet when Japan surrendered.
Displacement: 42,500 tons
Length: 227.1 m Overall
Beam: 31.4 m
Draught: 10.5 m
Speed: 28.3 knots (52 km/h)
weapon: (1945)
10 × BL 14 inch /45 (356 mm) Mark VII: 1 twin mounting Mark II and 2 quad mountings Mk. III
16 × QF 5.25 inch /50 (133 mm) Mk. I in 8 twin mounts Mk. I
64 × QF 2 pdr (40 mm) Mk.VIII in 8 octuple mounts Mk. VI
24 × QF 2 pdr (40 mm) Mk. VIII in 6 quad mounts Mk. VII
8 × 40 mm Bofors A/A in 2 quad mounts Mk. I (2 × 4)
16 × 20 mm Oerlikon A/A in 8 twin mounts Mk. V
39 × 20 mm Oerlikon A/A in single mounts Mk. IIIA

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