King George V Class Battleship (1911) - Ships in The Class

Ships in The Class

King George V-class battleships
Name Builder Laid down Launched Completed Operations Fate
King George V HM Dockyard, Portsmouth 16 January 1911 9 October 1911 November 1912 Battle of Jutland Decommissioned in 1919 and scrapped in 1926
Centurion HM Dockyard, Devonport 16 January 1911 18 November 1911 May 1913 Battle of Jutland, Operation Neptune Converted to a target ship in 1927, converted to a decoy 1941/42 and sunk as a breakwater in June 1944
Audacious Cammell Laird March 1911 14 September 1912 August 1913 Struck a mine off Northern Ireland and sank on 27 October 1914
Ajax Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock 27 February 1911 21 March 1912 31 October 1913 Battle of Jutland Decommissioned in 1924 and sold for scrap on 9 November 1926

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