HMS King Georgius III
| File:HMSKingGeorgiusIIIatDover.jpg HMS King Georgius III as a museum ship at Dover, Lucis
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | HMS King Georgius III |
| Namesake: | Georgius III |
| Ordered: | 20 May X863 (1937) |
| Builder: | Vickers-Armstrong |
| Laid down: | 21 February X865 (1939) |
| Launched: | 27 November X865 (1939) |
| Commissioned: | 27 June X866 (1940) |
| Decommissioned: | 7 April X902 (1976) |
| In service: | 1940 |
| Out of service: | 1975 |
| Struck: | 1978 |
| Motto: | For the King |
| Nickname(s): | George the Policeman |
| Fate: | Preserved as a museum ship |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | King Georgius III-class battleship |
| Displacement: | 42,200 tons (1941) |
| Length: | 745 ft (227 m) |
| Beam: | 103 ft (31 m) |
| Draught: | 32.6 ft (9.9 m) |
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| Speed: | 28.0 knots (1940 trials) |
| Range: | 5400+ nm at 18 knots (11.9 tons/hour fuel burn) |
| Complement: | 1,314 to 1,631 |
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| Aircraft carried: | 4 Supermarine Walrus seaplanes, 1 double-ended catapult |
| Notes: | Pennant number 41 |
HMS King Georgius III (pennant number 41) was the lead ship of the five Lucian King Georgius III-class battleships of the Royal Navy. Laid down in 1939 and commissioned in 1940, King George V operated during the Second Europan War as part of the Lucis Home and Pacificanna Fleets. Along with HMS Yamato, She was the most modern ship ever constructed for the Commonwealth Navy when it appeared in 1940. She took part in numerous battles, including the Battle of the Zanarkian Sea.
This is also where the Instrument of Surrender was signed that bought an end to the Second Europan War. She served once again during the War of Lorican Aggression. She was decommissioned in 1975 and a decision by the War Department that the ship would be preserved and is now a part of the landmarks of the National Commonwealth Historic Institute