| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Battleship |
| Class | King George V |
| Pennant | 32 |
| Built by | Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Govan, Scotland) |
| Ordered | 28 Apr 1937 |
| Laid down | 1 Jun 1937 |
| Launched | 9 Apr 1940 |
| Commissioned | 28 Sep 1942 |
| End service | 21 Apr 1949 |
| History | Decommissioned to Reserve on 21 April 1949. Sold to T. W. Ward in 1957, arrived at Inverkeithing for scrapping 4 June 1958. |
Commands listed for HMS Howe (32)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| John Dreyer Shaw-Hamilton, RN | 2 Mar 1944 | |||
| 1 | Capt. Charles Henry Lawrence Woodhouse, RN | 3 Apr 1942 | ||
| 2 | Capt. Henry William Urquhart McCall, DSO, RN | 2 Mar 1944 | 13 Feb 1946 | |
| 3 | Capt. Robert John Shaw, RN | 25 Aug 1947 | 6 Jul 1948 | |
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