A photograph taken at the Launch of HMS George V , V class battleship by King George VI of Britain on 21 February 1939 . She was built by Vickers-Armstrong Ltd at the Walker Navy Yard, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (pendant number 41). The King requested that the ship be named in honour of his late father, King George V, and not himself (King George VI). She carried 4 Supermarine Walrus seaplanes, 1 double-ended catapult.

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