The Battleship HMS King George V

At the beginning of the 1930s Britain was obliged not to build new battleships due to signed naval treaties. Standard displacement for any new battleship was limited to 35,000 tons with the caliber of main armament not exceeding 406 millimeters.

Britain was trying to impose the next treaty decreasing guns caliber even further to 356 mm.

Five King George V-class battleships eventually were armed with guns of such caliber.

Standard displacement limits compelled placing main gu…