HMS  'King George V'<br>
The battleship 'King George V' (1911) shown as fitted in early to mid -1918, with one of her ort boats hoisted out.   She has two range clocks on her foremast but is not yet fitted with an aircraft flying-off platform on B-turret.  Sheis flying the the Greek flag but the ceremonial or courtesy reason for doing so remains to be explained.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:William_Lionel_Wyllie" class="extiw" title="w:en:William Lionel Wyllie"><span title="English painter of maritime themes (1851-1931)">William Lionel Wyllie</span></a>
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circa 1918 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1918-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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