Download or read book King George V Class Battleships written by V. E. Tarrant and published by Cassell. This book was released on 2000-03-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They were some of the finest ships the Royal Navy ever built--the last of the great "floating villages" to see WWII action. Their achievements appear in dramatic photos of both battle action and close-up detail, along with exhaustive charts of technical specifications. The personality of each of the five ships comes through in sketches of many of the 1,500 officers and men, in more than six years of battle, in most sea theaters. 288 pages, 170 b/w illus., 7 3/8 x 9 3/4. NEW IN PAPERBACK