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	Probert Encyclopaedia: Ships (Dr-Dz) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		HMS Duke of Edinburg was a British first class armoured cruiser of 13750 tons launched in 1904.
		HMS Duke of York was a British battleship of the King George V Class built in 1940 as the Anson and renamed, joining the Home Fleet in November 1941, being the seventh British Navy ship to bear the name Duke of York.
		HMS Dunkirk was powered by three Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 34 knots and carried a crew of 250 in peace time and 337 during the Second World War.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /R4B.HTM (2057 words)

	HMS Duke of York (17) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		HMS Duke of York was a King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy, and the second of the name, the predecessor having been a 4-gun cutter purchased in 1763 and sold in 1766.
		In late December 1943, Duke of York was part of the Home Fleet, covering convoys between the UK and the Soviet Union.
		In the unfolding battle, the Duke of York scored a vital hit in Scharnhorst's boiler room which prevented her escape and led to her desctruction.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Duke_of_York_(1940) (542 words)

	HMS Duke of York (17) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In late December 1943, Duke of York was part of the Home Fleet, covering convoys between the UK and (A former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia an others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991) Soviet Union.
		Scharnhorst was harassed by British cruisers, and set a course such that Duke of York was able to close the range and intercept, resulting in the (Click link for more info and facts about battle of North Cape) battle of North Cape.
		Duke of York thus headed east to join the (Click link for more info and facts about British Pacific Fleet) British Pacific Fleet, then assembling to take part in the (Click link for more info and facts about invasion of Okinawa) invasion of Okinawa.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/hm/hms_duke_of_york_(17)2.htm (434 words)

	Royal Navy WARSHIP GUIDE - HMS Duke of York (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		HMS Duke of York was the third of five King George V class battleships to be completed, and the cheapest as well, at £7,374,015.
		Duke of York opened fire at 6.50 with her 14in guns, and obtained a hit with her third salvo on the 'anton' turret.
		Duke of York and Jamaica got hit after hit, and soon she was on fire.
	www.pdwilson.co.uk /warships/dukeofyork.htm (476 words)

	HMS Duke of York Crew Noticeboard
		Photographs and information on historical events about HMS Duke of York requested for a new website www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk which will be on the web by June 2001.
		He was on board the HMS Duke of York in the second world war.
		Served on HMS Duke of York 1943 - 1945.
	www.naval-art.com /c4.htm (1290 words)

	Battleships in the Gareloch
		HMS Anson was the first to be towed from her mooring in the Gareloch on December 17th 1957 to arrive at the shipbreakers.
		The HMS King George V was towed from the Gareloch on January 20th 1958 and sold to Arnott Young and Co, Dalmuir for breaking up.
		Duke of York was moved out of the Gareloch on February 18th 1958 and sold for scrap to Shipbreaking Industries Ltd. of Faslane, only a short distance from were she was moored for the last 6 years.
	www.rosneathpeninsula.org.uk /history/battleships.cfm (333 words)

	The Battle-Cruiser Sharnhorst
		HMS Savage and HMS Saumarez were 10000 yards off the stern and HMS Scorpion and the Norwegian destroyer Stord were off the starboard beam.
		By this time the radar on the Duke of York had been repaired and she was tracking the Scharnhorst at 22000 yards.
		In spite of the awesome firepower from the Duke of York, she did not inflict fatal damage on the Scharnhorst.
	www.mikekemble.com /ww2/scharnhorst.html (10026 words)

	Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - HMS Duke of York (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		On the morning of December 26, Duke of York was providing distant cover for Convoy JW55B when the cruisers HMS Norfolk, Belfast, and Sheffield began shadowing the German battleship Scharnhorst.
		At 1651, Duke of York opened fire; an hour and a half later, at a range of more than 18,000 yards (about 10 miles), she hit Scharnhorst's boiler room.
		Duke of York remained in Arctic waters until September 1944.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_028700_hmsdukeofyor.htm (283 words)

	HMS Duke of York
		HMS Duke of York at Rosyth, November 1943.
		HMS Duke of York on her way down the Clyde after leaving John Brown's Shipyard.
		HMS Duke of York, Notice Board for naval enthusiasts and ex Crew families of HMS Duke of York.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /dukeyork.htm (2216 words)

	A Brief History of the KGV Class Battleship
		Shortly afterward the HMS: Hood and the HMS: Prince of Wales fell under fire from the Bismarck.
		For example, the HMS: Duke of York would be vital in the famous sinking of the Scharnhorst during the battle of the North Cape in 1943.
		HMS: Duke of York - Artic 1942 - 1943, North Africa 1942, North Cape 1943.
	kgv.itgo.com /custom.html (767 words)

	Russian Convoys and the Duke Of York - The Story Of John Hornby 1901-1974, Royal Navy 1915-1945
		Winston Churchill, Prime Minister, boarding HMS Duke of York, December 1941 bound for the U.S.A. with some of the War Cabinet.
		The Duke of York, heading around the North of Iceland, fell in with the most appalling weather, and she could keep up no more speed than 9 knots.
		He had the distinction of smashing up one of the aircraft cranes on the Duke of York in some sort of mishap, and Gloria and I remember him as a very funny man. He called himself "Frank in a tank" for some reason, and the whole visit was a never ending laugh.
	www.heskethbank.com /genealogy/johnhornby/chapter08.html (1478 words)

	HMS Prince of Wales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		HMS Prince of Wales, was built by Cammell Laird and launched on the 3rd May 1939.
		HMS Prince of Wales is shown firing on the Bismarck and in the background a huge fl cloud is all that is left of HMS Hood.
		Wearing her unusual fl and white disruptive colour scheme, HMS Repulse is pictured as part of Force Z in company with HMS Prince of Wales and the destroyer Vampire.
	www.navalprints.com /hms_prince_of_wales.htm (1098 words)

	Battleship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		At the Battle of Taranto in November 1940 Swordfish from HMS Illustrious attacked the Italian fleet at Taranto.
		The British battleship HMS Prince of Wales and its battlecruiser escort HMS Repulse were sunk by Japanese torpedo bombers while in defence of Singapore.
		In the Battle of North Cape, on 26 December 1943, HMS Duke of York and destroyers sank the German battlecruiser (or light battleship) Scharnhorst off Norway.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/B/Battleship.htm (4204 words)

	King George V Class Battleships
		HMS King George V launched on the 21st February 1939, Served in the Home fleet between 1939 to 1943 during this time took part in the pursuit of Bismarck in May 1941, and operated on the Murmansk Convoy run.
		HMS Howe, was built by Fairfield and launched on the 9th of April 1940 the last of her class.
		HMS Anson was scrapped at Faslane on the 17th December 1957.
	www.ivanberryman.co.uk /kgvclass.htm (1206 words)

	British Battleships
		HMS Agincourt is shown alongside HMS Erin with ships of the 1st Battle squadron of the Grand Fleet, on the eve of the Battle of Jutland.
		HMS WARSPITE was built at Devonport, Plymouth and launched 26th November 1913, Took part in the battle of Jutland and sustained 15hits and was close to foundering.
		HMS Vanguard was the last of the great Royal navy battleships, built at Clydebank, she was launched on the 30th November 1944, and did not see service during world War Two, She was the biggest British battleship with a displacement of 42.500 tons.
	www.militaryartcompany.com /british_battleships1.htm (2532 words)

	HMS DUKE OF YORK - Find Friends from HMS DUKE OF YORK at Forces Reunited
		Lyndon Berry was at HMS Duke Of York between 1947 and 1949
		Thomas Biggs was at HMS Duke Of York between 1943 and 1956
		Thomas Tooley was at HMS Duke Of York between 1938 and 1947
	www.forcesreunited.org.uk /namearchive/units/HMSNames/HMS-Duke-Of-York.html (416 words)

	HMS Anson
		HMS Anson, was built by Swan Hunter, and launched on the 24th February 1940, She spent most of her time in the Home Fleet on Convoy Duty on the Murmansk Convoy Route.
		HMS Anson was a Guard ship at Tokyo and saw duty off Australia from January to July 1946.
		The King George V class battleship HMS Anson is pictured in Sydney Harbour where she joined the Pacific Fleet in July 1945, viewed across the flight deck of HMS Vengeance, where ten of her Vought F4.U Corsairs are ranged in front of a single folded Fairey Barracuda.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /anson.htm (2126 words)

	Articles - Battleship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Royal Navy hunted down Bismarck; an attack by Swordfish biplanes from the aircraft carrier Ark Royal with torpedoes disabled her steering, leaving her a sitting-duck, and on Monday 27 May 1941 the battleships King George V, Rodney and a number of cruisers and destroyers engaged her with guns and torpedoes.
		The British battleship HMS Prince of Wales and its battlecruiser escort HMS Repulse were sunk by Japanese torpedo bombers while in defence of Malaya (Malaysia and Singapore).
		In the Battle of North Cape, on 26 December 1943, HMS Duke of York and destroyers sank the German battlecruiser Scharnhorst off Norway.
	www.foreverd.com /articles/Battleship (4355 words)

	Night Attack On The Newcastle by Robert Taylor
		Serving throughout World War II, Henry Leach was a young Lieutenant in the forward 14" turret of HMS Duke of York during the sinking of the German battleship Scharnhorst.
		From 1953 - 55 he was Gunnery Officer of HMS Newcastle, and is a Patron of the Newcastle Association.
		Posted to HMS Newcastle in January 1942, he was one of the three lookouts alongside the ship's open Bridge, and his action station was in the cordite chamber under 'Y' turret.
	chesterfieldarmament.com /taylor/newcastle/nightattack.htm (561 words)

	Navy News - News Desk - News - Scharnhorst survivors meet old adversaries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		When HMS Duke of York sunk the Scharnhorst off the coast of Norway on Boxing Day, 1943, there were only 36 survivors from a crew of over 2,000 men.
		But Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, the Commander in Chief of the British Home Fleet who was embarked in HMS Duke of York, ordered the 10th Cruiser Squadron to position itself between the Scharnhorst and the convoy and both attacks were driven off.
		The return visit to HMS Victory is at the invitation of the Second Sea Lord, Vice Admiral Peter Spencer, to coincide with the 55th anniversary of the signing of the Japanese Surrender on board HMS Duke of York in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945.
	www.navynews.co.uk /articles/2000/0009/0000090101.asp (491 words)

	London Lantern - Putting the Spotlight on London
		The next scored a hit and from then on her fate was sealed, for now from the other direction came destroyers closing in and launching their torpedoes.
		The battle continued and Duke of York’s 14 inch guns pummeled the Germans without letup until finally Admiral Fraser’s signal to cease fire went out and another cruiser, HMS Jamaica moved in close and loosed her torpedoes at the Scharnhorst sending her to the bottom of the icy waters.
		HMS Belfast in her time has heard and heeded the sound of the drum and in the process served well not only her nation but the cause of freedom.
	www.londonlantern.com /articles?Issue=200306&ID=386 (703 words)

	HMS NELSON BATTLESHIP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		HMS DUKE OF YORK 1940 KING GEORGE V CLASS
		HMS EMPEROR OF INDIA 1913 IRON DUKE CLASS
		HMS KING GEORGE V 1939 KING GEORGE V CLASS
	www.homestead.com /nelson1/BRITISHBATTLESHIPS.html (77 words)

	Recollections of the Battle of the North Cape (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		I served aboard the destroyer HMS Savage from her commissioning in May 1943 until the end of April 1944.
		During the passage towards the North Cape HMS Savage and her three sisters practised attacking the cruiser HMS Jamaica at night and from various quarters.
		The HMS Duke of York and HMS Jamaica made their own way back to Scapa whilst we were still in Kola.
	www.warships1.com /index_history/HSII_NorthCape.htm (1263 words)

	BBC - History - The Sinking of the 'Scharnhorst' in World War Two (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		However, her escape bid was foiled when one of her boiler rooms took a direct hit, slowing her dramatically.
		On board HMS Duke of York, Admiral Fraser ceased firing, and ordered his combined forces to attack with torpedoes.
		The destroyer HMS Saumarez was hit, and 11 British seamen were killed outright.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/war/wwtwo/scharnhorst_03.shtml (457 words)

	HMS Victorious aircraft carrier profile. Aircraft Carrier Database of the Fleet Air Arm Archive 1939-1945
		An HMS Ark Royal aircraft was in touch by noon on 26 May and, despite appalling weather conditions, an aerial torpedo strike was launched.
		Resuming her former name, HMS Victorious returned to the Home Fleet at Scapa Flow towards the end of 1943 and in early 1944 her aircraft participated in the attack on the Tirpitz.
		HMS Victorious took part in the January 1945 strikes against Pankalan Brandan (Sumatra) with HMS Indefatigable on 4 January 1945, and then strikes against Palembang with HMS Illustrious and HMS Indefatigable on 24 and 29 January 1945.
	www.fleetairarmarchive.net /Ships/Victorious.html (2277 words)

	HMS Norfolk art print
		HMS Norfolk at the Battle of North Cape by naval artist Ivan Berryman.
		HMS Norfolk and HMS Belfast of Force I are shown engaging the Scharnhorst which has already been hit and disabled by both HMS Duke of York and the cruiser HMS Jamaica.
		HMS Norfolk at the Battle of the North Cape by Ivan Berryman
	www.cranstonfinearts.co.uk /b119.htm (628 words)

	HMS Amethyst
		A short spell followed at HMS Vernon and then a draft to HMS Duke of York, spending a fair amount of time in the Med.
		We would leave the ship on arrival in Sasebo, Japan to join HMS Ladybird and our 'Special Assignment’ was to be the audit and disposal of specified stores aboard various ships engaged in the Korean offensive.
		The ships that served on in Korea during the commission period June 51 to June 53 were, in addition to Amethyst, HMS Comus, Crane and Mounts Bay.
	www.britains-smallwars.com /D-Baker/Amethyst1.htm (753 words)

	World War II Plus 55 - 17-23 May 42
		May 17th, 1942...At Hvalfjordur, Iceland, USS Washington is joined by the Home Fleet, including the battleship HMS Duke of York and the carrier HMS Victorious.
		More bad news for baseball fans, who are seeing their favorite players go into the military: night baseball is cancelled in New York for the duration of the war.
		Back in New York, the capsized hulk of the famous French liner Normandie still lies on her side in the Hudson River.
	www.usswashington.com /dl17ma42.htm (2297 words)

	King George V Class Battleships
		Royal Navy battleship HMS King George V. Battleship website dedicated to the history of HMS King George V from its launch to its participation in major wars.
		Operated in 1943 with Force H. In July 1944, HMS King George V underwent a long refit, and in the autumn of 1944, went to the Pacific theatre to operate with the US Navy.
		My grandfather served on HMS King George V and took many photographs of the crew and ship which are still in the family.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /kinggeorge.htm (1927 words)

	Arcadia - Chapter One - "A Light Which Flames" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The long gray rollers of the mid-Atlantic passed slowly by as HMS Duke of York cut smoothly through the slate-colored seas.
		A few minutes later the group was back indoors, settling comfortably in the lounge of the Duke's flag cabin, which had become their de facto meeting place.
		Beaverbrook, whose voice was still tinged by the flat transatlantic accent of his Canadian youth, was speaking as Churchill returned from the cabin after shrugging off his overcoat.
	home.att.net /~leverett/arcadia1.html (4722 words)

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