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title: King George V Police Coronation Medal

text: King George V Police Coronation Medal The Police Coronation Medal was sanctioned in 1911 as an award to policemen, members of ambulance units, firemen and Royal Parks' staff on duty during the official celebrations of the coronation of King George V that took place during 1911. The medal was presented in silver to all ranks. It continued the practice of awarding a special medal to police on duty during major royal celebrations that commenced with Queen Victoria's Golden and Diamond Jubilee Police Medals, and Edward VII's Police Coronation Medal, although qualification was now widened to include bodies outside London. Several

title: King George V Police Coronation Medal

title: King George Tupou V Royal Family Order

text: King George Tupou V Royal Family Order The King George Tupou V Royal Family Order was an order conferred as a sign of personal esteem from King George Tupou V to female members of the Royal family of Tonga. The King George Tupou V Family Order was established by His Majesty George Tupou V, The King of Tonga. The Order was established by King George in 2008 upon his accession to the throne, following the death of his father, King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV. King George modelled his Royal Family Order after those established by the British Sovereigns. The tradition of

title: King George V Memorial

text: King George V Memorial The King George V Memorial has been located outside Old Parliament House, Canberra since the 1940s. Commissioned in 1936 and largely completed by 1941, it took until 1953 to officially unveil the monument due to delays to the final elements of its construction which resulted from the Second World War. The Memorial was originally located directly in front of the-then Parliament House, but was moved to its current location in 1968. The memorial was commissioned by the Australian Government in 1936 to commemorate King George V, who had been Australia's head of state from 1910 until

title: King George V Coronation Medal

text: King George V Coronation Medal The King George V Coronation Medal was a commemorative medal instituted in 1911 to celebrate the coronation of King George V, that took place on 22 June 1911. It was the first British commemorative medal to be awarded to people who were not in attendance at the coronation and, as well of those involved in the ceremony, it was given to selected dignitaries, officials and members of the armed forces, both in Britain and across the Empire. On 30 June 1911 a special ceremony was held in the grounds of Buckingham Palace for King George

title: King George V Coronation Medal

text: to decide who would be awarded a medal and why. A total of 15,901 medals were awarded, including 286 to Australians. Recipients who were also eligible for the 1911 Delhi Durbar Medal received the Coronation medal only, and wore a crowned clasp inscribed on the ribbon. In addition, a Police Coronation Medal, of a different design and ribbon, was awarded to police officers on duty during the official Coronation celebrations. King George V Coronation Medal The King George V Coronation Medal was a commemorative medal instituted in 1911 to celebrate the coronation of King George V, that took place on

title: HMS King George V (41)

text: 1942 the destroyer sank after a collision with "King George V" in foggy conditions. "King George V" took part in Operation Husky (the allied landings in Sicily) and bombarded the island of Levanzo and the port of Trapani. She also escorted part of the surrendered Italian Fleet, which included the battleships and , to Malta. In 1945 "King George V" took part in operations against the Japanese in the Pacific. Following the war, "King George V" spent three years as the flagship of the British Home Fleet, was placed in reserve in 1949, and scrapped eight years later. "King George

title: HMS King George V (41)

text: undergo dismantling. During her career, "King George V" was refitted on several occasions in order to update her equipment. The following are the dates and details of the refits undertaken: HMS King George V (41) HMS "King George V" (pennant number 41) was the lead ship of the five British battleships of the Royal Navy. Laid down in 1937 and commissioned in 1940, "King George V" operated during the Second World War in all three major theatres of war, the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Pacific, as well as part of the British Home Fleet and Pacific Fleets. In May 1941, along

title: HMS King George V (41)

text: HMS King George V (41) HMS "King George V" (pennant number 41) was the lead ship of the five British battleships of the Royal Navy. Laid down in 1937 and commissioned in 1940, "King George V" operated during the Second World War in all three major theatres of war, the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Pacific, as well as part of the British Home Fleet and Pacific Fleets. In May 1941, along with , "King George V" was involved in the hunt for and pursuit of the , eventually inflicting severe damage which led to the German vessel sinking. On 1 May

title: King George V Park

text: surface was replaced with a FieldTurf pitch and additional seating was added to bring the total capacity at King George V Park to 10,000. The most famous game played at King George V was on September 14, 1985 when over 13,000 people witnessed Canada's 2-1 victory over Honduras to win the 1985 CONCACAF Championship; the match also qualified Canada for their first World Cup (Mexico, 1986). It was a momentous occasion and is considered to be the high point of Canadian soccer history. In 2008, KGV played host to the Challenge Cup and the Jubilee Trophy. King George V Park

title: TS King George V

text: the summer Ardrishaig mail service. She was back to Oban in 1947 and each summer until withdrawn in 1974. In her final years she also undertook charters, including one to Bangor in Ireland. TS King George V TS "King George V" (the "KGV") was a pioneering Clyde passenger turbine steamer, built in 1926. She was a popular boat, seeing service to Inveraray and later based in Oban, and withdrawn in 1974. "King George V" was built by William Denny and Brothers for the Turbine Steamers Ltd as a pioneering turbine powered vessel intended for longer routes. She passed to the

title: TS King George V

text: TS King George V TS "King George V" (the "KGV") was a pioneering Clyde passenger turbine steamer, built in 1926. She was a popular boat, seeing service to Inveraray and later based in Oban, and withdrawn in 1974. "King George V" was built by William Denny and Brothers for the Turbine Steamers Ltd as a pioneering turbine powered vessel intended for longer routes. She passed to the ownership of David MacBrayne Ltd in October 1935, when plans to rename her were never enacted. Displaced by , she was withdrawn from service in 1974. Several attempts were made to preserve her

title: King George V School, Seremban

text: King George V School, Seremban King George V School, Seremban is a day national secondary school ("sekolah menengah kebangsaan") in Malaysia. The enrolment of students is controlled by the state Education Department of Negeri Sembilan. King George V School is classified as a premier school and cluster of school of excellence. It is widely regarded as the most prestigious secondary school in the state of Negeri Sembilan. SMK King George V was officiated on 23 April 1928 in conjunction with St. George's Day, a historical day in England. The name of the school has its origins from a myth regarding

title: King George V DLR station

text: King George V DLR station King George V is a light metro station on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) Stratford-Woolwich and Bank-Woolwich Lines in North Woolwich, East London, which opened on 2 December 2005. The station replaced North Woolwich railway station on the North London Line and is named after King George V Dock nearby in the London Borough of Newham. King George V is in Travelcard Zone 3. Station and on-train announcements refer to the name in its only said form: 'King George the Fifth'. The station opened on 2 December 2005. Until January 2009, it served as a

title: HMS King George V (41)

text: "Rodney" opened fire. "King George V" followed suit in less than a minute. "Bismarck" answered almost immediately, straddling "Rodney" on her second salvo. By 08:59 "King George V" had closed to and all her 14-inch guns were firing; "Rodney" was firing full 16-inch salvoes. "Bismarck" concentrated all her remaining guns on "King George V", but only an occasional shell came close. At 09:14 "King George V", at , had opened fire with her 5.25-inch guns, and "Rodney" had moved to . At 09:27 a shell hitting "Bismarck" penetrated the hydraulic machinery in turret 'Anton' and disabled it, causing the guns

title: HMS King George V (41)

text: which began on 9 September. "King George V" escorted part of the Italian Fleet, including the battleships and , to Malta after the armistice and with "Howe" provided cover for the 1st Airborne Division who were transported to Taranto in support of Operation Slapstick from 9 to 11 September by the cruiser and the fast minelayer . The battleship then escorted a naval force which occupied the Italian naval base at Taranto. She later escorted surrendered Italian ships from Malta to Alexandria. After bombarding German positions during the Salerno landings, "King George V" returned to the United Kingdom. "King George

title: King George V Seahorses

text: King George V Seahorses The stamps are notable for the quality of the engraving and the dramatic design which depicts Britannia on her chariot behind three writhing horses on a stormy sea. The stamps represent a collecting field in their own right for some philatelists due to the colour variations and different printers. George V was a keen philatelist and took an interest in the design of the stamps by the Australian sculptor Bertram Mackennal, who included the King's head in profile, a design that he had first used for the Coronation medal. The lettering was designed by George W.

title: King George V Silver Jubilee Medal

text: Silver Jubilee Medal, and is not an exhaustive list of recipients. King George V Silver Jubilee Medal The King George V Silver Jubilee Medal is a commemorative medal, instituted to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the accession of King George V. This medal was awarded as a personal souvenir by King George V to commemorate his silver jubilee. It was awarded to the Royal Family and selected officers of state, officials and servants of the Royal Household, ministers, government officials, mayors, public servants, local government officials, members of the navy, army, air force and police in Britain, her colonies and

title: King George V Silver Jubilee Medal

text: King George V Silver Jubilee Medal The King George V Silver Jubilee Medal is a commemorative medal, instituted to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the accession of King George V. This medal was awarded as a personal souvenir by King George V to commemorate his silver jubilee. It was awarded to the Royal Family and selected officers of state, officials and servants of the Royal Household, ministers, government officials, mayors, public servants, local government officials, members of the navy, army, air force and police in Britain, her colonies and Dominions. For Coronation and Jubilee medals, the practice up until 1977

title: HMS King George V (1911)

text: In January 1923, the ship returned home and became a gunnery training ship at Devonport. She was relieved of that duty in November and "King George V" was reduced to reserve. She was then assigned to the training establishment HMS "Impregnable". On 28 September 1926, the ship was taken out of service and was listed for disposal on 1 December to meet the tonnage limitations of the Washington Naval Treaty. Later that month, "King George V" was sold to the Alloa Shipbreaking Company and arrived at Rosyth on 27 January 1927 to be broken up. HMS King George V (1911)

title: King George V Graving Dock

text: King George V Graving Dock King George V Graving Dock, also known as No. 7 Dry Dock, is a former dry dock situated in Southampton's Western Docks. It was designed by F.E. Wentworth-Shields and constructed by John Mowlem & Company and Edmund Nuttall Sons & Company. It was formally opened by HM King George V and Queen Mary on 26 July 1933 although the final construction work was only complete the following year. At the time of construction it was the largest graving dock in the world, a status it retained for nearly thirty years. The dock was built as

title: King George V Silver Jubilee Medal

text: was that United Kingdom authorities decided on a total number to be produced, then allocated a proportion to each of the Commonwealth countries and Crown dependencies and possessions. The award of the medals was then at the discretion of the local government authority, who were free to decide who would be awarded a medal and why. A total of 85,234 medals were awarded, including The following list includes notable Australians who received the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal, and is not an exhaustive list of recipients. The following list includes notable New Zealanders who received the King George V

title: King George V Graving Dock

text: amply illustrated by the surviving features and its architectural presence offsets the largely below-ground dock. King George V Graving Dock King George V Graving Dock, also known as No. 7 Dry Dock, is a former dry dock situated in Southampton's Western Docks. It was designed by F.E. Wentworth-Shields and constructed by John Mowlem & Company and Edmund Nuttall Sons & Company. It was formally opened by HM King George V and Queen Mary on 26 July 1933 although the final construction work was only complete the following year. At the time of construction it was the largest graving dock in

title: King George V Memorial Hospital

text: of Architects (NSW Chapter) in 1941. The building includes murals made by Danish sculptor Otto Steen and three statues by Hungarian sculptor Andor Mészáros: "Statue to Maternity", unveiled in 1944, "Surgeon" in 1945, and the final statue, of King George V, was unveiled in 1947. The Hospital was named after King George V and was originally built as part of an expansion of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital to be a stand-alone teaching hospital for obstetrics and gynaecology. After serving in its intended role for 61 years the old King George V Memorial Hospital was, in 2002, amalgamated back into

title: HMS King George V (41)

text: support of the cruiser patrols off Iceland. "King George V" was the flagship of Admiral Sir John Tovey, who commanded the force. "King George V" was still away on the morning of 24 May, when and "Hood" engaged both "Bismarck" and "Prinz Eugen". "Hood" was sunk and "Prince of Wales" was damaged when taking fire from both "Bismarck" and "Prinz Eugen" and forced to retire. "Bismarck", although damaged, and "Prinz Eugen" continued south. The British re-located "Bismarck" at 10:30 on 26 May, when a Catalina flying boat of RAF Coastal Command sighted her, heading for the French port of Brest.

title: King George V Dock, London

text: King George V Dock, London King George V Dock is one of three docks in the Royal Docks of east London, now part of the redeveloped Docklands. Begun in 1912 by the Port of London Authority, the King George V was the last of London's upstream enclosed docks to be built. After delay by the First World War, construction was completed in 1921. Although at of water it was smaller than the other royals, it had its own entrance from the Thames through a lock and bascule bridge. The dock could berth liners as large as the . At its

title: HMS King George V (1911)

text: North Sea. After the war, "King George V" became flagship of the Home Fleet and then of the Reserve Fleet before she was assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet in late 1920. The ship evacuated refugees during the Great fire of Smyrna in September 1922 before returning home at the beginning of 1923. "King George V" was reduced to reserve and used as a training ship until late 1926 and was sold for scrap later in the year in accordance with the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty. The "King George V"-class ships were designed as enlarged and improved versions of

title: King George V Memorial Hospital

text: King George V Memorial Hospital The King George V Memorial Hospital for Mothers and Babies is a former hospital, exclusively for mothers and babies, in Sydney, Australia. It is located on Missenden Road in Camperdown, directly opposite the main buildings of the much larger Royal Prince Alfred Hospital with which it was amalgamated on 14 November 2002. King George V hospital, opened in 1941, was designed in the Inter-War International Art Moderne style by prominent Sydney architects Stephenson & Turner. Of an especially innovative design, the building was awarded the Sulman Award for Public Architecture by the Royal Australian Institute

title: HMS King George V (41)

text: mm) shells during the action. As both "Rodney" and "King George V" were low on fuel they returned to port at , escorted by eleven destroyers to guard against German air or submarine attack. The next day, after the escort was reduced to three destroyers, four German aircraft did attack but scored no hits. Both "King George V" and "Rodney" returned to port safely, but the destroyer , sent ahead to refuel, was bombed and sunk. After repairs and adjustments to her guns, "King George V" attacked German shipping in the Glom Fjord, Norway, in October 1941. She then covered

title: HMS King George V (41)

text: "Rodney" and "King George V" were still about away. The aircraft carrier was ordered to launch an air attack, and at 22:25 her torpedo bombers, a flight of Fairey Swordfishes damaged "Bismarck", slowing her down and jamming her rudder, forcing her to turn back out into the Atlantic, away from the safety of port. At 15:00 "Rodney" joined "King George V" and they maintained 22 knots – which was nearly maximum speed for "Rodney". "King George V" had only 32 percent of her fuel left while "Rodney" had only enough fuel to continue the chase at high speed until 8:00

title: King George V Playing Fields, Totteridge

text: King George's Fields is an area of public open space called Barnet Playing Fields, an area of 72 acres laid out in 1926. It is unclear whether this was ever part of King George's Fields. King George V Playing Fields, Totteridge King George V Playing Fields is an area of playing fields of approximately 14 acres in Totteridge in the London Borough of Barnet. It is located south east of the junction of Barnet Lane and Dollis Brook. Following the death of King George V in 1936 the King George's Fields Foundation was established to give grants for the establishment

title: HMS King George V (41)

text: Sakishimo-Gunto airfields, a task it repeated in early May. On 4 May 1945 "King George V" led battleships and cruisers in a forty-five-minute bombardment of Japanese air facilities in the Ryukyu Islands. As the Allies approached the Japanese homeland, "King George V" was dispatched in mid-July to join the US battleships in a bombardment of industrial installations at Hitachi. "King George V" fired 267 rounds from her 14-inch guns during this operation. The task force then moved on to Hamamatsu in southern Honshu, where it carried out a further bombardment of aviation factories. During the Okinawa campaign, the battleship supported

text: King George V Playing Fields, Totteridge King George V Playing Fields is an area of playing fields of approximately 14 acres in Totteridge in the London Borough of Barnet. It is located south east of the junction of Barnet Lane and Dollis Brook. Following the death of King George V in 1936 the King George's Fields Foundation was established to give grants for the establishment of playing fields, the work of the foundation is now undertaken by charity Fields in Trust. The Totteridge fields were originally the third largest of all King George's Fields at 93 acres, and the Foundation

title: HMS King George V (41)

text: George V"s active naval career was terminated by the Royal Navy in June 1950, when she and her sister-ships went into reserve and were mothballed. "King George V" was the first large warship to be preserved in this fashion. This involved sealing the armament, machinery and boilers against damp and installing dehumidifiers throughout. In December 1955, she was downgraded to extended reserve and in 1957 the decision was taken to scrap the four ships. The following year "King George V" was moved from her berth in Gareloch to the ship breaking firm of Arnott Young and Co. in Dalmuir to

title: King George V Seahorses

text: horizontal engraved lines behind the King's head on the earlier issues replaced with cross-hatched lines. Overprints included Morocco Agencies and Irish Free State. The stamps were replaced in 1939 by the King George VI high value series. King George V Seahorses The stamps are notable for the quality of the engraving and the dramatic design which depicts Britannia on her chariot behind three writhing horses on a stormy sea. The stamps represent a collecting field in their own right for some philatelists due to the colour variations and different printers. George V was a keen philatelist and took an interest

title: King George V-class battleship (1911)

text: flying-off platforms were fitted aboard each ship in 1918; these were mounted on turret roofs and extended onto the gun barrels. "King George V" had them on 'B' and 'Q' turrets, "Centurion" on 'B' and 'X' turrets and "Ajax" had one on 'B'. While conducting her sea trials on the night of 9/10 December, "Centurion" accidentally rammed and sank the Italian steamer and she was under repair until March 1913. All four ships of the "King George V" class were assigned to the 2nd Battle Squadron upon commissioning, commanded by Vice-Admiral Sir George Warrender, and "King George V" was the

title: King George V Reservoir

text: King George V Reservoir The King George V Reservoir, also known as King George's Reservoir, is located in the London Borough of Enfield and is part of the Lee Valley Reservoir Chain that supplies London with drinking water. The storage reservoir is bordered by Sewardstone and Chingford to the east and Brimsdown and Ponders End to the west, and covers 420 acres (170 hectares), making it the largest in London. The reservoir and the nearby William Girling Reservoir are known collectively as the Chingford Reservoirs, and are owned and managed by Thames Water. The reservoir was conceived as part of

title: King George V Dock, London

text: ExCeL on the north side owing to the original western lock of this dock having been filled in. The rest of the dock is still in water, acting as a buffer between the airport runway and the surrounding area. The southern quayside has been cleared of dock buildings and is now largely used as car parking for the airport. King George V station on the London City Airport branch of the Docklands Light Railway, which opened in December 2005, is named after the dock. King George V Dock, London King George V Dock is one of three docks in the

title: King George V Memorial

text: of Australian Democracy's website states that: Completion of the memorial was delayed by the Second World War. While it was largely complete by 1941, the casting of the statue of George V and bronze plaques to be mounted on the Memorial did not proceed as the models could not be shipped to the United Kingdom where they were to be casted. These elements of the memorial finally arrived in Australia in 1952. The King George V Memorial was officially unveiled on 4 March 1953. The memorial was originally located directly opposite Parliament House, with the statue of George V facing

title: King George V Dock, Glasgow

text: King George V Dock, Glasgow King George V Dock is a dock for ocean-going vessels operated by the Clyde Port Authority in the Govan area of Glasgow in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. It is located near Braehead in Renfrewshire and lies on the boundary between the council areas of Renfrewshire and the City of Glasgow. A large single basin with unrestricted entry, it opened in 1931 to accommodate the larger vessels then beginning to service the Clyde and was named after George V, the reigning monarch. It is the largest dock on the Upper Clyde, as well as

title: King George V Memorial Park, Kowloon

text: King George V Memorial Park, Kowloon King George V Memorial Park, Kowloon is a park in Jordan, Kowloon, Hong Kong, located beside Canton Road. There are two parks of this name in Hong Kong. The other one is in Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong Island. The park was built in 1940. As the governor was ill, administrator Norman Lockhart Smith hosted the park's opening ceremony on 11 June 1941. The park was centred on a statue of King George V. This first iteration of the park was laid out by Palmer and Turner, a Hong Kong architecture firm, while the

title: King George V-class battleship (1939)

text: to the distance being in excess of 20,000 yards was unable to land any more hits and was forced to return to Iceland to refuel and would play no further part in actions against "Bismarck". Meanwhile, "King George V" on 24 May was still 300 to 400 miles away from "Bismarck" and it wasn't until 27 May that "King George V" and were able to engage "Bismarck", due to a Swordfish torpedo bomber disabling "Bismarck's" steering gear on 26 May. During the engagement "King George V" and "Rodney" were able to relatively quickly disable the main armament turrets and fire-control

title: TS King George V

text: as a floating pub or restaurant, but all failed. "King George V" was burnt out at Cardiff docks in 1981 and scrapped in 1984. "King George V" was novel in design, providing spacious accommodation with an enclosed promenade deck, the saloon extending the full width of the hull and half the length of the vessel. Above this was an observation deck. The restaurant was aft on the main deck, with large observation windows. Her machinery was even more innovative. Seven turbines, with two very high pressure boilers, were linked by gears to twin propellers. The boilers had to be replaced

title: King George V-class battleship (1939)

text: Wales" was attacked by Japanese bombers and sank with the loss of 327 of its men. In the aftermath of the sinking, "King George V", "Duke of York", "Howe" and "Anson" provided escort duty to convoys bound for Russia. On 1 May 1942, King George V collided with the destroyer HMS Punjabi, resulting in "King George V" being sent to Gladstone docks for repairs on 9 May, before returning to escort duty on 1 July 1942. In October 1942 "Duke of York" was sent to Gibraltar as the new flagship of Force H and supported the Allied landings in North

title: King George V Memorial

text: features to prevent it from being used by skateboarders. At this time, the "Canberra Times" reported that the memorial was a "revered site for the city's skaters and has even featured in promo videos for international pro skate teams as they toured Australia". King George V Memorial The King George V Memorial has been located outside Old Parliament House, Canberra since the 1940s. Commissioned in 1936 and largely completed by 1941, it took until 1953 to officially unveil the monument due to delays to the final elements of its construction which resulted from the Second World War. The Memorial was

title: King George V Reservoir

text: New River and the River Lee Diversion. Vehicular access is at Lea Valley Road A110 King George V Reservoir The King George V Reservoir, also known as King George's Reservoir, is located in the London Borough of Enfield and is part of the Lee Valley Reservoir Chain that supplies London with drinking water. The storage reservoir is bordered by Sewardstone and Chingford to the east and Brimsdown and Ponders End to the west, and covers 420 acres (170 hectares), making it the largest in London. The reservoir and the nearby William Girling Reservoir are known collectively as the Chingford Reservoirs,

title: King George V-class battleship (1939)

text: scrapped in 1957. "Anson" briefly served as the flagship of the 1st Battle Squadron of the British Pacific Fleet and helped to re-occupy Hong Kong, however, in 1949 she was placed into reserve before being scrapped in 1957. Books King George V-class battleship (1939) The "King George V"-class battleships were the most modern British battleships in commission during World War II. Five ships of this class were built: HMS "King George V" (1940), HMS "Prince of Wales" (1941), HMS "Duke of York" (1941), HMS "Howe" (1942) and HMS "Anson" (1942). The Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 limited all of the

title: King George V-class battleship (1939)

text: also heavily involved in the action that sank the German battleship on 25 December 1943. This battle was also the last time that British and German capital ships fought each other. In late March 1945, "King George V" and "Howe" were sent to the Pacific with other Royal Navy vessels as a separate group to function with the U.S. Navy's Task Force 57. On 4 May 1945, "King George V" and "Howe" led a forty-five-minute bombardment of Japanese air facilities in the Ryukyu Islands. "King George V" fired her guns in anger for the last time in a night bombardment

title: King George V-class battleship (1939)

text: King George V-class battleship (1939) The "King George V"-class battleships were the most modern British battleships in commission during World War II. Five ships of this class were built: HMS "King George V" (1940), HMS "Prince of Wales" (1941), HMS "Duke of York" (1941), HMS "Howe" (1942) and HMS "Anson" (1942). The Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 limited all of the number, displacement, and armament of warships built following its ratification, and this was extended by the First London Naval Treaty but these treaties were due to expire in 1936. With increased tension between Britain, the United States, Japan, France

title: King George V Park

text: King George V Park King George V Park is a soccer-specific stadium in St. John's, Newfoundland, located at the head of Quidi Vidi Lake in downtown St. John's. The stadium was built in 1925 as the National stadium of Newfoundland. The stadium played host to the 1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship. It is the oldest surviving soccer specific stadium in North America. In 2005 construction began on a major renovation involving widening and lengthening the field surface, installing an underground irrigation system, constructing new locker room facilities as well as expanding the bleacher seating. In 2006, the natural grass playing

title: King George V College

text: King George V College King George V College (KGV) is a sixth form college in Southport, Merseyside, England. It provides A-level and BTEC education, and between 2009 and 2012 offered the International Baccalaureate Diploma. It was previously a grammar school for boys. The college has the distinction of being placed consistently in the top 10 sixth form and further education colleges in the country for A-level results, and has won a number of Good Schools Guide awards. The college opened in September 1920 as Southport Municipal Secondary School for Boys. New buildings were constructed at the current site on Scarisbrick

title: King George Tupou V Royal Family Order

text: founding and conferring a Royal Family Order is intended to recognise Ladies of the Royal Family of Tonga and high-ranking female members of the Monarch's Court. The King George Tupou V Royal Family Order is not open for award to gentlemen. The Order shows a portrait of King George Tupou V in uniform, realized in enamels upon ivory surrounded by a frame of silver and diamonds and surmounted by the royal crown of Tonga in silver and enamels. The ribbon is in water green silk. King George Tupou V Royal Family Order The King George Tupou V Royal Family Order

title: King George V College

text: month. Student Council members are typically second-year students elected by members of their tutor groups. The council's two co-chairpersons are elected in a college-wide student election, and are members of KGV's governing body as required by the Education Act 1994. King George V College King George V College (KGV) is a sixth form college in Southport, Merseyside, England. It provides A-level and BTEC education, and between 2009 and 2012 offered the International Baccalaureate Diploma. It was previously a grammar school for boys. The college has the distinction of being placed consistently in the top 10 sixth form and further education

title: King George V School (Gilbert and Ellice Islands)

text: South Tarawa, where it opened in 1922. For much of its history its headmaster was a New Zealander, F. G. L. Holland. At some point it moved to Abemama. It moved to Bikenibeu, South Tarawa in 1953. By 1955 students from Motufoua Secondary School in Vaitupu, Ellice Islands (now known as Tuvalu) were boarding at King George V. In 1965 KGV merged with the girls' school Elaine Bernacchi School (EBS) to form the coeducational King George V and Elaine Bernacchi School. It had 150 students in 1955. King George V School (Gilbert and Ellice Islands) King George V School (KGV)

title: HMS King George V (41)

text: V" was in Liverpool for an overhaul from March to June, 1944; it included the installation of additional radar gear, more anti-aircraft guns, improved accommodation and ventilation. On 28 October 1944 "King George V" sailed from Scapa Flow under the command of Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser to join other Royal Navy units assembling at Trincomalee in Ceylon. A stop at Alexandria en route enabled her to divert to Milos in the Aegean Sea to bombard German positions. On 1 December she resumed her eastward journey, arriving in Trincomalee on 15 December. "King George V" got under way again on 16

title: George Tupou V

text: George Tupou V George Tupou V (Tongan: Siaosi Tupou, full name: Siaosi Tāufaʻāhau Manumataongo Tukuʻaho Tupou; 4 May 194818 March 2012) was the King of Tonga from the death of his father Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV in 2006 until his own death six years later. Tupou V was born on 4 May 1948. He was the eldest son of King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV (1918–2006) and Queen Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe (1926–2017). Tupou V attended King's School and King's College, both in Auckland. This was followed by periods at The Leys School in Cambridge, and another school in Switzerland. He also studied at

title: King George V-class battleship (1939)

text: on 15 August they accepted the surrender of Japanese forces occupying Hong Kong. "King George V" and "Duke of York" were present at the official Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay. After the end of World War II, "King George V" became the flagship of the Home Fleet until December 1946, when it became a training vessel, before being scrapped in 1957. "Duke of York" became the flagship of the Home Fleet after "King George V", until April 1949, before being scrapped in 1957. "Howe" returned to Portsmouth in January 1946 and spent the remainder of her career there before being

title: King George V Memorial Park, Hong Kong

text: chosen to avoid any nuisance during works under major roads. The location would also better serve Mid-Levels residents, the MTR said. Part of the park was closed temporarily to the public for the duration of construction. The photos of the gallery was taken in the King George V Memorial Park on Hong Kong Island. King George V Memorial Park, Hong Kong King George V Memorial Park, Hong Kong is an urban park in Sai Ying Pun and one of the few parks in Hong Kong bearing the former colonial links to the territory's past. The park contains a basketball court,

title: King George V and Elaine Bernacchi School

text: King George V and Elaine Bernacchi School King George V and Elaine Bernacchi School (KGV/EBS) is a government senior high school of Kiribati, located in Bikenibeu, South Tarawa. it has almost 600 students. In 1993 it had a competitive admissions process as there was not enough space for every high school student in Kiribati; the remainder had to enroll in Christian high schools. Since then the Kiribati government had established two additional government high schools. The school is next to the Ministry of Education head office. It was formed by the 1965 merger of two schools: King George V School,

title: King George V-class battleship (1939)

text: rangefinders. The first two ships of the class to be completed, "King George V" and "Prince of Wales", carried four HACS Mk IVGB directors for the ship's secondary 5.25-inch guns as well as six Mk IV pom-pom directors; all ten of these directors featured Gyro Rate Unit, tachymetric fire control. Whilst the "Duke of York" and "Howe" had HACS Mk V directors, with "Anson" having the Mk V directors replaced for the updated Mk VI. "King George V" was the first ship of the class to join the Home Fleet on 11 December 1940 and her first action was providing

title: George, King of Saxony

text: was due to her father-in-law's threatening to have her interned in Sonnestein Mental Asylum for life. George, King of Saxony George (; 8 August 1832 – 15 October 1904) was a King of Saxony of the House of Wettin. George was born in the Saxon capital Dresden. He was the second son of King John of Saxony (1801–1873) and his wife Princess Amelia of Bavaria (1801–1877), daughter of King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (1756–1825). On 11 May 1859 at Belém Palace, Lisbon, George married the younger sister of King Pedro V of Portugal: The Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal,

title: HMS King George V (1911)

text: Fleet and the squadron; he had assumed command on 22 March. On 1 November, the 3rd Battle Squadron was disbanded and "King George V" was transferred to the Reserve Fleet at Portsmouth. She was still Oliver's flagship, although he was now commander of the Reserve Fleet. The ship was relieved as the flagship of the Reserve Fleet by on 14 September 1920 and began a refit in preparation for her assignment to the 4th Battle Squadron of the Mediterranean Fleet. "King George V" recommissioned on 31 October and sailed for the Mediterranean. In February 1921, together with the dreadnought and

title: King George V Memorial Park, Hong Kong

text: the other is located in Jordan, Kowloon. In 1936, following the death of King George V, parks were planned for both the city of Victoria on Hong Kong Island, in the garden of and the site of one of the wings of the Civil Hospital, and one on Canton Road in Kowloon, both to be paid for by public subscription. In June 1941, the Memorial Park in Kowloon, King George V Memorial Park, Kowloon, was opened; it is located beside Canton Road.. Administrator Norman Lockhart Smith hosted the ceremony for this park. It had a statue of King George V

title: HMS King George V (41)

text: drenching both men and machinery within. "King George V" was equipped with eight Admiralty boilers. This configuration was a little more conventional than the preceding , with boiler rooms placed side by side and with each pair associated with a turbine room astern of them. The total heating surface of the boiler plants in "King George V" was . The 416-ton boiler installation produced more than , giving a top speed of 28 knots. The eight boilers were more economic in space and fuel than the twenty-four boilers in the battlecruiser . Fewer, but larger, boilers lowered the weight per

title: HMS King George V (1911)

text: her sea trials on 4 November 1912, "King George V" reached a maximum speed of from . She carried enough coal and fuel oil to give her a range of at a cruising speed of . Like the "Orion" class, the "King George V"s were equipped with 10 breech-loading (BL) Mark V guns in five hydraulically powered twin-gun turrets, all on the centreline. The turrets were designated 'A', 'B', 'Q', 'X' and 'Y', from front to rear. Their secondary armament consisted of 16 BL Mark VII guns. Eight of these were mounted in the forward superstructure, four in the aft

title: Household of King George V and Queen Mary

text: Household of King George V and Queen Mary The Royal Households of the United Kingdom consists of royal officials and the supporting staff of the British Royal Family, as well as the Royal Household which supports the Sovereign. Each member of the Royal Family who undertakes public duties has his own separate Household. King George V (1865–1936) was created Duke of York in 1892, and received a separate household together with his brother. Courtiers appointed to assist the Prince George of Wales until that year had been part of his parents´ household. After his marriage to Princess Mary of Teck

title: HMS King George V (41)

text: convoys to Russia. On 1 May 1942 she was operating with as an escort to Convoy PQ 15, and collided with the destroyer , which had manoeuvred to avoid a mine and crossed her bow in dense fog. "Punjabi" was cut in two and "King George V" had of her bow badly damaged. "King George V" entered the Gladstone Dock in Liverpool on 9 May for repairs by Cammell Laird, and returned to Scapa Flow on 1 July 1942. The battleship did not leave Scapa Flow until 18 December when she finally resumed convoy escort duty, providing distant cover for

title: HMS King George V (41)

text: the following day. Admiral Tovey signalled his battle plan to "Rodney" just before sunrise on 27 May; she was free to manœuvre independently as long as she conformed generally to the movements of "King George V". Both ships were to close the range to as quickly as possible, then turn for broadside fire. At 08:15 the cruiser spotted "Bismarck" and turned away out of range. She soon sighted the other British ships off her starboard quarter, and informed them that "Bismarck" was roughly to the southwest. By 08:43 "King George V" had "Bismarck" in sight, at . Four minutes later

title: HMS King George V (41)

text: on board for the Mark VI was 1,800 rounds per barrel. "King George V" introduced the Mk IV Pom-pom director to the Royal Navy in 1940, becoming the first ship in the world to feature gyroscopic target tracking in tachymetric anti-aircraft directors. The first of her class to be completed, "King George V" was commissioned at her shipyard and sailed for Rosyth in Scotland on 16 October 1940; there she took on board her ammunition and began her sea trials. By the end of the year she had joined the Home Fleet at Scapa Flow. She crossed the Atlantic early

title: HMS King George V (41)

text: unit of heat delivered, as did increased boiler efficiency and consumption of fuel per unit area of heating surface. This made "King George V" the fastest battleship in the British fleet but slower than the German, French or the new Italian capital ships, or the battlecruisers HMS "Hood", and . "King George V" had four sets of Parsons geared turbines. Two main turbines were arranged in series and drove a shaft through double helical gears. An astern turbine was incorporated in the exhaust casing of the low-pressure turbine, and a cruising turbine was coupled directly to the high-pressure turbine. A

title: HMS King George V (1911)

text: was modified to use a kite balloon. By April 1917, the 4-inch guns had been removed from the hull casemates as they were frequently unusable in heavy seas. The casemates were plated over and some of the compartments were used for accommodations. That same year, the spotting top was enlarged and the foremast was fitted with full-sized tripod legs to handle the additional weight. Her stern torpedo tube was removed in 1917–1918 and flying-off platforms were fitted on the roofs of 'B' and 'Q' turrets during 1918. "King George V", named after the reigning King of England, George V, was

title: George V

text: borne the shield). George V George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936. Born during the reign of his grandmother Queen Victoria, George was third in the line of succession behind his father, Prince Albert Edward, and his own elder brother, Prince Albert Victor. From 1877 to 1891, George served in the Royal Navy, until the unexpected death of his elder brother in early 1892 put him directly in line for the

title: George V

text: George V George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936. Born during the reign of his grandmother Queen Victoria, George was third in the line of succession behind his father, Prince Albert Edward, and his own elder brother, Prince Albert Victor. From 1877 to 1891, George served in the Royal Navy, until the unexpected death of his elder brother in early 1892 put him directly in line for the throne. On the

title: HMS King George V (1911)

text: HMS King George V (1911) HMS "King George V" was the lead ship of her class of four dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy in the early 1910s. She spent the bulk of her career assigned to the Home and Grand Fleets, often serving as a flagship. Aside from participating in the failed attempt to intercept the German ships that had bombarded Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby in late 1914, the Battle of Jutland in May 1916 and the inconclusive Action of 19 August, her service during the First World War generally consisted of routine patrols and training in the

title: HMS King George V (41)

text: the Arctic convoy JW 51A. In May 1943, "King George V" was moved to Gibraltar in preparation for Operation Husky. "King George V" and her sister ship were allocated to the reserve covering group when the operation got under way on 1 July. The two ships bombarded Trapani in Sicily on 12 July and also helped defend against an air raid whilst in Algiers prior to departing for Operation Avalanche, (the Allied invasion of Italy). The two ships also bombarded the islands of Levanzo and Favignana, after which they were in the reserve group for the Salerno landings (Operation Avalanche)

title: King George V Memorial Hospital

text: the (much larger) Royal Prince Alfred Hospital from which it had been separated in 1941. Maternity services were transferred into a larger newly built wing on the other side of Missenden Road and the original building was refurbished to house hospital administration offices for Royal Prince Alfred, including Human Resources and Staff related services. King George V Memorial Hospital The King George V Memorial Hospital for Mothers and Babies is a former hospital, exclusively for mothers and babies, in Sydney, Australia. It is located on Missenden Road in Camperdown, directly opposite the main buildings of the much larger Royal Prince

title: HMS King George V (41)

text: January 1945. The flotilla, known as Task Force 63, comprised "King George V", the aircraft carriers , , and "Victorious", four cruisers and ten destroyers. The first stage of the voyage was covering the 11,000 nautical miles to Sydney; en route the force attacked oil refineries on Sumatra in Operation Meridian. They also practised replenishment-at-sea and beat off a Japanese air attack, with "King George V"s anti-aircraft crews shooting down one Mitsubishi Ki-21. Joined by "Howe" and re-designated Task Force 57, the British Pacific Fleet was again involved in operations in late March 1945, when it launched attacks on the

title: King George V Memorial Park, Kowloon

text: demolition of the children's library, construction of a new children's playground, and general improvements and redesign to other areas of the park. King George V Memorial Park, Kowloon King George V Memorial Park, Kowloon is a park in Jordan, Kowloon, Hong Kong, located beside Canton Road. There are two parks of this name in Hong Kong. The other one is in Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong Island. The park was built in 1940. As the governor was ill, administrator Norman Lockhart Smith hosted the park's opening ceremony on 11 June 1941. The park was centred on a statue of King

title: HMS King George V (41)

text: the guns could only practically fire seven to eight rounds per minute, due to the heavy weight of the shell and the fact that the 5.25-inch round was semi-fixed, requiring the crew to separately load the cartridge and shell into the breech. "King George V" introduced the High Angle Control System Mark IVGB anti-aircraft fire control system to the Royal Navy, which, along with the Mk IV Pom-Pom Director, pioneered the use of the Gyro Rate Unit. The "King George V" design had four 0.5-inch quadruple machine gun mounts, but in 1939 these were replaced by two Mark VI pom-pom

title: King George V Avenue of Memorial English Oaks

text: this type of planting was enthusiastically embraced by Australian communities for commemorative plantings. King George V Avenue of Memorial English Oaks The King George V Avenue of Memorial English Oaks is an heritage-listed memorial avenue at King George V Memorial Avenue (East), Tamworth, Tamworth Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by Tamworth Council and Community and built during 1936 by Tamworth Progress Association, Tamworh Rotary, Tamworth Community and Council. It is also known as Lower Nemingha Road. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 12 March 2014. The history of the avenue

text: King George V Avenue of Memorial English Oaks The King George V Avenue of Memorial English Oaks is an heritage-listed memorial avenue at King George V Memorial Avenue (East), Tamworth, Tamworth Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by Tamworth Council and Community and built during 1936 by Tamworth Progress Association, Tamworh Rotary, Tamworth Community and Council. It is also known as Lower Nemingha Road. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 12 March 2014. The history of the avenue was found amongst various newspaper articles on microfiche (dating from 1936) and historical

title: King George V Memorial Park, Hong Kong

text: King George V Memorial Park, Hong Kong King George V Memorial Park, Hong Kong is an urban park in Sai Ying Pun and one of the few parks in Hong Kong bearing the former colonial links to the territory's past. The park contains a basketball court, a hard surface football ground, sitting out areas, a public toilet, and a child care centre. Access is available from Eastern Street and Hospital Road. Sai Ying Pun Community Complex is located near the park. There are two King George V Memorial Parks in Hong Kong. One is on the Hong Kong Island while

title: HMS King George V (1911)

text: the preceding . "King George V" had an overall length of , a beam of and a draught of . She displaced at normal load and at deep load; by 1918, the ship's deep displacement had increased to . Her crew numbered 869 officers and ratings upon completion and 1,114 in 1916. The ships of the "King George V" class were powered by two sets of Parsons direct-drive steam turbines, each driving two shafts, using steam provided by 18 Babcock & Wilcox boilers. The turbines were rated at and were intended to give the battleships a speed of . During

text: household was known as the Household of the Sovereign 1910–1936. Queen Mary (1867–1953) received a separate household upon her husband´s accession, the Household of the Queen. From 1936, it was known as the Household of Queen Mary. Household of King George V and Queen Mary The Royal Households of the United Kingdom consists of royal officials and the supporting staff of the British Royal Family, as well as the Royal Household which supports the Sovereign. Each member of the Royal Family who undertakes public duties has his own separate Household. King George V (1865–1936) was created Duke of York in

title: King George V Dock, Glasgow

text: the only operational one within Glasgow's city boundary. The dock currently deals with dry bulk cargoes, including animal feeds, grains, chemicals and industrial equipment, and offers easy transfer of goods to the M8 motorway and the national rail network via the remaining stub of the Glasgow and Renfrew District Railway and the Inverclyde Line. King George V Dock, Glasgow King George V Dock is a dock for ocean-going vessels operated by the Clyde Port Authority in the Govan area of Glasgow in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. It is located near Braehead in Renfrewshire and lies on the boundary

title: King George V DLR station

text: the Beckton branch of the DLR, 14 minutes to Poplar to interchange with the Stratford and Lewisham branches of the DLR and 24 minutes to Bank. In peak hours, the frequency to Bank and Stratford International increases to every eight minutes, providing a service every four minutes to Canning Town. King George V DLR station King George V is a light metro station on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) Stratford-Woolwich and Bank-Woolwich Lines in North Woolwich, East London, which opened on 2 December 2005. The station replaced North Woolwich railway station on the North London Line and is named after

title: HMS King George V (41)

text: to run down to maximum depression. Her topsides were wrecked, and a large fire burned amidships. After firing steadily for over 30 minutes, without any problems, "King George V" , by 09:27, began having trouble with her main battery, and from that point onward every salvo missed at least one gun due to failures in the safety interlocks for antiflash protection and from ammunition feed jams. At 10:21, with "Bismarck" silenced and obviously sinking, Admiral Tovey detailed the cruiser to finish her off with torpedoes. "King George V" fired 339 14 in (354 mm) and over 700 5.25 in (133

title: HMS King George V (41)

text: sequence for antiflash precautions caused jams during drills and practice firing. During the summer of 1941 the "King George V"-class battleships had their main armament turrets and turret linkages modified to correct the operational faults revealed during the hunt and destruction of "Bismarck". HMS "King George V" used an Admiralty Fire Control Table Mark IX to control her main armament. The secondary armament consisted of sixteen guns in eight twin mounts, weighing 81 tons each. They were grouped at the four corners of the citadel, with a twin mount on the main deck and another superimposed above it nearer amidships.

title: King George V School (Hong Kong)

text: all nationalities were able to join the school. Since it was no longer exclusive for British pupils only, the school's name was changed on the school's speech day of 1948 to 'King George V School,' as George V was king when the foundation stone of the Peel Block was laid. In 1979, principal Angela Smith decided that KGV should join the English Schools Foundation, and the transfer was complete by 1981. KGV is currently the oldest school in the ESF. During the summer of 2009, the school installed Wi-Fi coverage over the entire school, making it possible to have a

title: King George V-class battleship (1911)

text: she served a training ship until she was sold for scrap at the end of 1926. "Ajax" and "Centurion" followed in April 1924, although they were placed in reserve, with the latter serving as the flagship of the Reserve Fleet. Like "King George V", "Ajax" was sold for scrap at the end of 1926. The British tonnage allowance granted by the Washington Naval Treaty permitted them to keep the three sisters in service until the two were completed in 1927. While "King George V" and "Ajax" were scrapped, "Centurion" was demilitarized by the removal of her armament and was converted

title: King George V-class battleship (1939)

text: degrees and depressed to 10 degrees at a rate of 25 degrees per second which was also the rate of train. The normal ammunition supply on board for the Mark VI was 1,800 rounds per barrel. "King George V" introduced the Mk IV Pom-pom director to the Royal Navy in 1940, becoming the first ship in the world to feature gyroscopic target tracking in tachymetric anti-aircraft directors. The anti-aircraft battery of these ships was incrementally augmented throughout the war. The exact number and disposition of guns varying from ship to ship. As an example, "King George V" in September 1945

title: King George V Memorial Park, Kowloon

text: the park by Urban Councillor Elsie Elliott. In 1980, in light of the 1971 opening of the better-equipped Yau Ma Tei Public Library nearby, the council considered closing the smaller library at King George V Memorial Park. The library was finally demolished with the 1990s redesign of the park (see below). After the adjacent Canton Road was realigned in the 1970s to meet Ferry Street, King George V Memorial Park was significantly expanded to the west. The extension incorporates an earthen berm to help shield the park from the noise of the roadway. The Urban Council Kwun Chung Complex (now

title: King George V-class battleship (1911)

text: sisters played minor roles in the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War in the Black Sea in 1919–1920. "King George V" joined them in the 4th Battle Squadron in early 1921. After striking a rock in early September 1922, she was in Smyrna, Turkey, receiving temporary repairs when the Great Fire of Smyrna occurred later that month and evacuated some refugees when she sailed for permanent repairs at Malta. Her sisters were in Turkish waters during the Chanak Crisis around the same time. "King George V" was the first of the trio to return home in early 1923 and

title: King George V-class battleship (1939)

text: in Operation EJ, which involved escorting the aircraft carrier HMS "Victorious", whose aircraft attacked German shipping in the Glomfjord. "Duke of York", the third ship of the class, first action was on 1 March 1942, when she provided close escort for convoy PQ 12 and was later joined by "King George V" on 6 March, as Admiral John Tovey believed that the German battleship "Tirpitz" would attempt to intercept the convoy, however, aircraft from "Victorious" were able to prevent "Tirpitz" from leaving its base in Norway. During escort duty on 1 May 1942 "King George V" collided with the destroyer

title: King George V-class battleship (1939)

text: and Italy, it was supposed by the designers of these battleships that the treaty might not be renewed and the ships of the "King George V" class were designed with this possibility in mind. All five ships saw combat during World War II, with "King George V" and "Prince of Wales" being involved in the action on 24 May to 27 May 1941 that resulted in the German battleship being sunk. Following this on 25 October 1941, "Prince of Wales" was sent to Singapore arriving on 2 December and becoming the flagship of Force Z. On 10 December, "Prince of

title: King George V School (Hong Kong)

text: teachers play Summer Holiday by Cliff Richard while the rest of staff (on stage) and school sing along. Prior to 2002 (but some time after 1992), students would spend the night at the school as well; this tradition was scrapped due to safety concerns. King George V School (Hong Kong) King George V School (KGV, pronounced "K-G-Five"; ) is a co-educational international secondary independent school of the English Schools Foundation (ESF), located in Ho Man Tin, Hong Kong. The school has 1740 students and is one of the oldest schools in Hong Kong. Students take IGCSEs/GCSEs followed by the International

title: King George V-class battleship (1939)

text: On 31 December, "Howe" and "King George V" provided distant cover for arctic convoy RA. 51. "Anson" covered her last convoy on 29 January 1943, before being relocated, with "Duke of York", to the Mediterranean. In June 1943, the two battleships took part in Operation Gearbox, which was designed to draw attention away from Operation Husky. At the same time, "King George V" and "Howe" were also relocated to the Mediterranean. They bombarded Trapani naval base on 12 July and defended Algiers against an air raid, before departing to take part in Operation Avalanche. Between 9 and 11 September they

title: King George V-class battleship (1939)

text: the later action with "Bismarck", was also having trouble with her main battery, and by 0927 every gun missed at least one salvo due to failures in the safety interlocks for antiflash protection. John Roberts wrote of main gunnery problems encountered by "King George V": At 0847 "Rodney" opened fire...at a gun range of 23500 yards, followed by "King George V" one minute later at 24,600 yards... Initially she [KGV] did well achieving 1.7 salvoes per minute while employing radar control but she began to suffer severe problems from 0920 onward [Note: KGV had opened fire at 0848 and fired

title: King George V-class battleship (1939)

text: of Hamamatsu on 29 July and 30 July 1945. "Duke of York" and "Anson" were also dispatched to the Pacific, but arrived too late to participate in hostilities. On 15 August "Duke of York" and "Anson "accepted the surrender of Japanese forces occupying Hong Kong and along with "King George V" were present for the official Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay. Following the end of World War II, the ships were phased out of service and by 1957 all of the ships had been sold off for scrap, a process that was completed by 1958. The "King George V" class

title: King v. Smith

text: King v. Smith King v. Smith, 392 U.S. 309 (1968), was a decision in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) could not be withheld because of the presence of a "substitute father" who visited a family on weekends. The issue before the US Supreme Court involved how the states could determine how to implement a federal program. The court used the term "co-operative federalism." Mrs. Sylvester Smith was a Dallas County, Alabama resident who had four children, without a biological father providing support. The father of three of her