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4 battlewagons of the King George V class from The Great War have been released by Combrig for your Imperial fleets. 4 vessels from His Majesty's Royal Navy.

All are resin, waterline kits with photo etch details. Images presented here are of each kit's box art and instructions. After a quick glance at all the images I can't tell if each kit has unique elements to it that differntiate from her sister ships or if they are all comprised of the same mold and detail parts so you'll need to know your ship if you want to model a particular vessel. Photo etch frets seem to be identical.

First is of the King George V itself (No. 70475), a dreadnought with a displacement of 23,400 tonnes and an armament of ten 13.5 inch guns in twin gun turrets and a secondary armament of sixteen 4 inch guns and had an original crew complement of 870 and had a length of 597 feet. She took part in the Battle of Jutland, being the lead ship of the 1st Division of the 2nd Battle Squadron. Her sister-ships were HMS Centurion, HMS Audacious and HMS Ajax. She was decommissioned in 1919, used as a training ship between 1923–26 and scrapped in 1926.

Next, the HMS Centurion (No. 70476) was attached upon completion to the 2nd Battle Squadron, led by sister ship HMS King George V. She was present at the Battle of Jutland as part of the main body of Grand Fleet under the command of Captain Michael Culme-Seymour. She was third in line in the First Division of the Fleet behind HMS King George V and HMS Ajax. Centurion was only lightly engaged at Jutland, firing four salvos of her main armament at the German Battlecruiser Lützow before HMS Orion blocked Centurion 's line of fire to Lützow. Of all the ships of the class, Centurion is the only to serve in the Second World War. She had been recommissioned and given a false superstructure modification to make her resemble a newer ship. From 1942-1944 while Sstationed of Suez as an anti-aircraft battery and fitted with wooden 13.5 gun barrels, she kept the Regia Marina at bay thinking her canon was real. Her sevice finally ended as a being sunk at Normandy after the D-Day invasion to serve as a breakwater.

The HMS Ajax (No. 70477) only saw distinctive pre-war activity with her sisters HMS King George V, HMS Audacious and HMS Centurion, at the Kiel canal celebrations in June 1914. She transferred to Scapa Flow with the rest of the Grand fleet on 29 July 1914, in response to the increasing political tension in Europe.

Finally, HMS Audacious (No. 70478) did not see any combat in the First World War, being sunk by a German naval mine off the northern coast of Donegal, Ireland in 1914.

All kits are available at Free Time Hobbies for $74.95 plus shipping.