HMS Howe (pennant number 32) was the last of the five British King George V-class battleships of the Royal Navy. Built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company , she was laid down on 1 June 1937 and launched 9 April 1940.

HMS HOWE - King George V-class 14in gun Battleship including Convoy Escort Movements. Editing & Additional Material by Mike Simmonds

HMS Howe (1805) was the ex-Indian merchantman Kaikusroo; renamed to Dromedary in 1806 and sold in Bermuda in 1864 after many years service as a prison hulk. HMS Howe (1815) was a 120 gun ship of the line, built in 1815 and broken up in 1854.

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 Africa in November.

A series of previously unpublished photographs of HMS Howe, the last of the five British King George V-class battleships of the Royal Navy comes to light, thanks to Mrs. Cathy Gaffney. The battleship’s mascot with HMS Howe’s bell.

After HMS Howe was commissioned she was sent immediately to escort support duties on the Arctic convoys to North Russia and later to Iceland for Atlantic convoy support and more Arctic convoy work. In 1943 the Howe was attached to the Mediterranean fleet and took part in Operation Husky, the Allied landings on Sicily.

2024年11月11日 · HMS Howe (pennant number 32) was the last of the five British King George V-class battleships of the Royal Navy. Built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, she was laid down on 1 June 1937 and launched 9 April 1940.

2024年11月3日 · A series of previously unpublished photographs of HMS Howe, the last of the five British King George V-class battleships of the Royal Navy comes to light, thanks to Mrs. Cathy Gaffney. The battleship’s mascot with HMS Howe’s bell.

2013年6月1日 · HMS Howe was the fifth and final King George V-class battleships, completed in 1942 after some delay due to war time source reallocations.

2023年2月25日 · HMS Howe (32) was a King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy, launched in 1940, commissioned in 1942 and decommissioned in 1950. She was scrapped in 1958. Howe had an armament of 10 × 14-inch guns, 16 × 5.25-inch guns, 48 × 2-pounder guns, and 18 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns.