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Author:  Bombhead [ July 13th, 2011, 2:52 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: HMS KGV
Thanks Meyer,so what would the rest of the radar fit have been late war for the class ? :? Being the miserly old git that I am I like to get more than one drawing out of a drawing so to speak.A Dec 1941 POW ,maybe a North Cape DOY and a cammo Anson 1944-5.Any info needed.Cheers mate.
Author:  Colombamike [ July 13th, 2011, 6:23 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: HMS KGV
Some data, but still incomplete... :?

HMS King George V
- a Type 271 radar added by early 1941


HMS Prince of Wales
Added by May 1941
- Type 279 radar added
- Type 284 radar added.
Added by June-July 1941
- 4 x Type 282 and Type 285 radars;

HMS Duke of York:
- Type 281 air warning radar
- Type 273 surface warning radar
- Type 284 radar.
- 4 x Type 285 gunnery radar.
- 6 x Type 282 radar for "pom-pom" direction.

Added by 1944/1945:
- Type 281B radar.
- 2 x Types 277, 282 and 293 radars added.

HMS Anson
(heavy refit by late 1944/early 1945) :?
- Type 273 radar deleted by late 1944/early 1945.
- Type 281 radar replaced by a Type 281B.
- Type 282 replaced by Type 252 and two more Type 262 added.
- Type 284 replaced by 2 x Type 274.
- Type 285 replaced by Type 275.
- Type 277 and 293 added.
- RH2 VHF/DF, Type 651 jammer added.
- HA/LA Mk V directors replaced by HA/La Mk VI.
- a Type 277 radar added by late 1944.
Author:  Bombhead [ July 14th, 2011, 9:33 am ]
Post subject:  Re: HMS KGV
Many thanks Mike. ;)
Author:  KimWerner [ July 14th, 2011, 9:43 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: HMS KGV
:D @Bombhead if you want a crest to HMS KGV look in this thread: viewtopic.php?f=16&t=1462&start=20
Author:  Bombhead [ July 14th, 2011, 10:19 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: HMS KGV
Wonderful badge as usual Kim.Thank you,plus a nice one for whoever does the Dreadnought of the same name.

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Author:  Novice [ July 16th, 2011, 9:36 am ]
Post subject:  Re: HMS KGV
BH
Are you sure the UP mounting is that big?
Author:  erik_t [ July 16th, 2011, 2:30 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: HMS KGV
I don't know about the exact scale, but it surely was not a small mounting.

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Author:  Thiel [ July 16th, 2011, 3:47 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: HMS KGV
It is however apparent that the UP mount wasn't symmetrical.
Author:  Bombhead [ July 16th, 2011, 4:58 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: HMS KGV
It could probably do with shortening by a couple of pixels, The pic shows the operator sitting down, leading you to believe it was a smaller door.Apart from that there's not a lot you can do with it.
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Author:  Weisman [ July 16th, 2011, 10:01 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: HMS KGV
Bombhead wrote:
Wonderful badge as usual Kim.Thank you,plus a nice one for whoever does the Dreadnought of the same name.

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