Prince of Wales
King
George V Class Battleship
Data
Laid Down1
January 1937Launched3
May 1939Completed19
January 1941
Displacement38,000
tons (standard)43,780 tons (full load)
Length
overall745
feetLength
(pp)700
feetBeam103
feetDraught29
feet
PropulsionGeared
turbines - 4 shaftsShaft
horsepower100,000
+Speed28-29
knots
Armament (in May 1941)
10 x
14-inch
45 caliber guns (2 x
4, 1 x 2)/16
x
5.25-inch
Dual Purpose guns (8 x
2)
32 x
2 pounder AA guns (4 x
8)/1
x 40 mm Bofors AA
3 UP Rocket Projectors
Complement (as flagship)
1,543
Acknowledgments
The
Photographs of 'Prince of Wales' on this page are reproduced - with thanks
- from
'Sea
Battles in Close-up' by Martin Stephen (Published by Ian Allan, UK)