Shipdle Warships
Puzzle #71 was HMS King George V.
HMS King George V was the lead ship of the five British King George V-class battleships of the Royal Navy. Laid down in 1937 and commissioned in 1940, King George V operated during the Second World War in all three major naval theatres of war, the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Pacific, as part of the British Home Fleet and Pacific Fleets.
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What the record says
Puzzle 71 ran on 18 Sep 2026 and the answer was HMS King George V, played with 6 guesses against 6 columns. On the record: Class - battleship; Navy - United Kingdom; Displacement - >40k; Fate - scrapped. The numbers: Commissioned - 1940; Length - 227 m.
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How it scored
- Class
- battleship
- Navy
- United Kingdom
- Commissioned
- 1940
- Displacement
- >40k
- Fate
- scrapped
- Length
- 227 m