Warships and Ships at war

[captain kong]

The pre war Washington Treaty put limits on the sizes of warships that each nation who signed it could build. Great Britain took the treaty very seriouslyand worked within the limitations. The King George Five class battleships were heavily armoured and fire power was sacrificed to this end.The compromise solution was of a quadrruple turret for eight of the 14 inch guns was only partially succesful and the forecastle was very cramped and wet.HMS Duke of York(below)sank the Scharnhorst in the battle of the North Cape,
BrianD

Hi Brian , I did two weeks training on HMS DUKE OF YORK, a fantastic ship.it had ten 14 inch guns and 8 5.25 inch cuns along the sides.Here is a photo of me in 1950 underthe forard six 14 inchers one turret on the quarter deck aft had another four 14 inchers.