Royal Navy have borne the name HMS York after the city of York, the county seat of Yorkshire, on the River Ouse. HMS York (1654), 52-gun Speaker-class frigate...
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HMS York was the lead ship of her class of two heavy cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the late 1920s. She mostly served on the North America and West...
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have borne the name HMS Duke of York, after numerous holders of the title of Duke of York (or Duke of York and Albany): HMS Duke of York (1763) was a 4-gun...
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HMS York was a Batch III Type 42 destroyer of the Royal Navy. Launched on 20 June 1982 at Wallsend, Tyne and Wear and sponsored by Lady Gosling, York...
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SS Empire Comfort (redirect from HMS York Castle)
Comfort was a 1,333 GRT convoy rescue ship which was launched in 1944 as HMS York Castle a Castle-class corvette, but was renamed Empire Castle and converted...
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Souda (section Sinking of HMS York during WWII)
area.[citation needed] During World War II, the Royal Navy heavy cruiser HMS York was disabled at Souda Bay by two Italian explosive motorboats (Italian:...
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Raid on Souda Bay (redirect from Sinking of hms york)
heavy cruiser HMS York and the Norwegian tanker Pericles (8,324 GRT). Two MTM hit York, which took on a list and was towed by the destroyer HMS Hasty and...
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HMS Exeter was the second and last York-class heavy cruiser built for the Royal Navy during the late 1920s. Aside from a temporary deployment with the...
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only two were constructed—HMS York, started in 1927, and HMS Exeter, started in 1928. Exeter differed in appearance from York because of late changes in...
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HMS Ajax was a Leander-class light cruiser which served with the Royal Navy during World War II. She became famous for her part in the Battle of the River...
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