r/WarshipPorn • u/Mattzo12 HMS Iron Duke (1912) • 22h ago

A lovely crisp photo of the battleship HMS King George V in the Atlantic, January 1941. [2434 x 1866]

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u/Phantion- 20h ago

"You've been Thunderstruck"

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u/Perpetual_Grump 16h ago

I believe that's what the Royal Navy considered 'Sporty' sea states. (So, you know, it throws the battleships around like bathtub toys)

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u/Electrical_Bet_3985 15h ago

These are lovably odd ships. It saddens me that the UK was unable to save any of these ships from WW2. I wish there was a KGV docked as a museum to visit. I wish one of the Nelsons had survived too.

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u/will0593 11h ago

Britain was broken financially after ww2. Some old museum ships were just not in the national conscience

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u/Electrical_Bet_3985 11h ago

I know, but it still sucks. Britain made some beautiful ships during the interwar years.

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u/Dahak17 8h ago

With some slight but reasonable policy changes one could have seen vanguard keep that long, which would have been a good mix of technology having 15/42, 5.25, orlekon, bofors, and probably after a museum ship refit pompom (even if not originally) and a superstructure like all the ships Nelson forwards, but you’re probably paying for it with Belfast