HMS Howe (32)
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HMS Howe was the last of the five British King George V-class battleships of the Royal Navy. Built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, she was laid down on 1 June 1937 and launched 9 April 1940. She was originally to have been named Beatty but this was changed to Howe, after Admiral Richard Howe.
Howe in the Suez Canal on her way to the Pacific, July 1944
Howe's "B" turret, Sydney, 1944
Howe while visiting Auckland, 1945
Howe (right), and Vanguard in reserve at Devonport, 1956
East Indies Fleet
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The Eastern Fleet, later called the East Indies Fleet, was a fleet of the Royal Navy which existed between 1941 and 1952.
HMS Renown in 1944 with other Eastern Fleet ships