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	HMS York - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		York, built in 1706, was a 60-gun fourth-rate sunk in 1751 at Sheerness as a breakwater.
		York, originally Betsy, was a sloop-of-war purchased in 1777 in North America.
		York, intended to be the East Indiaman Royal Admiral, was purchased on the stocks in 1796 and converted to a 74-gun third-rate.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_York (328 words)

	Encyclopedia: HMS York (1928) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The ninth York was a York-class cruiser laid down by Palmers Shipbuilding and Engineering Company at Jarrow-on-Tyne on 18 May 1927, launched on 17 July 1928 and completed on 1 May 1930.
		York served with the 8th Cruiser Squadron on the America and West Indies Station, in the Mediterranean in 1935 and 1936, on the America Station until October 1939, with Force F at Halifax, Nova Scotia in Canada, and with the 3rd Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean from 1940.
		York was badly damaged at Suda Bay in Crete by explosive motor boats launched by the enemy Italian destroyers Crispi and Sella on 26 March 1941.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/HMS-York-(1928) (183 words)

	HMS York (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		York served with the 8th Cruiser Squadron on the America and West Indies Station, in the Mediterranean in 1935 and 1936, on the America Stationuntil October 1939, with Force F at Halifax, NovaScotia in Canada, and with the 3rd Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean from 1940.
		York was badly damaged at SudaBay in Crete by explosive motor boats launched by the enemy Italian destroyers Crispi and Sella on 26 March 1941.
		York is an operational unit of the Royal Navy andserves with the Third Destroyer Squadron at Portsmouth.
	www.therfcc.org /hms-york-327164.html (407 words)

	Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
		The ninth HMS York (1928) ''York'' was a County class cruiser York-class cruiser laid down by Palmers Shipbuilding and Engineering Company at Jarrow-on-Tyne on 18 May 1927, launched on 17 July 1928 and completed on 1 May 1930.
		''York'' served with the 8th Cruiser Squadron on the North America America and West Indies Station, in the Mediterranean in 1935 and 1936, on the America Station until October 1939, with Force F at Halifax, Nova Scotia in Canada, and with the 3rd Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean from 1940.
		''York'' was badly damaged at Suda Bay in Crete by explosive motor boats launched by the enemy Italy Italian destroyers Italian destroyer Crispi ''Crispi'' and Italian destroyer Sella ''Sella'' on 26 March 1941.
	www.mauspfeil.net /HMS_York%20(1928).html (197 words)

	HMS Exeter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		HMS Exeter was a York class heavy cruiser of the Royal Navy.
		Laid down on 1 August 1928, she was launched on 18 July 1929 and completed on 27 July 1931.
		Together with the light cruisers HMS Ajax and HMNZS Achilles she engaged the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee in the Battle of the River Plate on 13 December 1939, which action resulted in the Graf Spees scuttling several days later.
	www.termsdefined.net /hm/hms-exeter.html (483 words)

	HMS York (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The second York was a 60 gun 4th rate, built in 1706 and sunk in 1751 at Sheerness as a breakwater.
		The fifth York was a storeship which was purchased in 1779 in the West Indies, only to be sold again in 1781.
		The tenth and current York is a Type 42 class destroyer laid down by Swan-Hunter Shipbuilding at Wallsend-on-Tyne on 18 January 1980, launched on 21 June 1982 and commissioned on 9 August 1985.
	www.yotor.com /wiki/en/hm/HMS%20York.htm (361 words)

	Navy News - Ships of the Royal Navy - HMS York (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Built by Swan Hunter Shipbuilders in Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, HMS York was launched by Lady Gosling on June 21, 1982 and commissioned on August 9, 1985.
		HMS York enjoys a close and active liaison with the City of York and in 1991 was granted the Freedom of the City.
		Four of HMS York's impressive tally of battle honours were won by her predecessor in the name, a cruiser built at Jarrow and launched in 1928.
	www.navynews.co.uk /ships/york.asp (1246 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Heavy cruiser HMS Exeter of the York class
		HMS Exeter (Capt. O.L. Gordon, R.N.) was sunk in the East Indies, north west of Surabaya in Java Sea by torpedoes and 8-inch gunfire of a Japanese cruiser force.
		The subsequent battle saw the cruiser HMS Exeter badly damaged with all her guns put out of action but still seaworthy, she suffered 61 killed and 23 wounded and was forced to make for the Falkland Islands to carry out repairs.
		HMS Ajax and HMS Achilles were both damaged and suffered casualties, HMS Ajax 7 dead and wounded and HMS Achilles 4 dead.
	www.uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/1186.html (421 words)

	The Battle-Cruiser Sharnhorst
		HMS Savage got in so close that when the Scharnhorst was illuminated by star shell, Savage was lit up as well.
		HMS Savage and HMS Saumarez were 10000 yards off the stern and HMS Scorpion and the Norwegian destroyer Stord were off the starboard beam.
		Captain Parham of HMS Belfast recalled years later that " the best way of remembering that day would be to read the despatches whilst being rocked in a fridge, lit by a single candle, with someone banging on the outside with a hammer".
	www.mikekemble.com /ww2/scharnhorst.html (10026 words)

	Royal Naval Prints
		HMS valiant was badly damaged during refit in a floating dock at Trincomalee, Ceylon, so bad was the damage that repairs were stopped, and she was used as a training hulk for stockers at Devonport.
		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.navalprints.com /rn_1.htm (2889 words)

	Ship Descriptions - V
		In 1928 she was sold to Hellyer Bros, Hull, converted into a fish factory ship and renamed ARCTIC QUEEN.
		On 24/10/1967 she sailed from New York for Havre and Southampton and on 16/11/1967 commenced a single round voyage from Rotterdam to Southampton, Cape Town, Australia and New Zealand.
		She commenced sailing between Gothenburg and New York on 29/5/1920 and in 1922 was fitted with new turbines.
	www.theshipslist.com /ships/descriptions/ShipsV.html (8375 words)

	York Class
		HMS YORK, Built at Palmers and launched 17th July 1928, During world War two, she served on Atlantic Escort in 1939, moving to the Home Fleet in 1940.
		HMS York in 1938 when she carried an amphibian type aircraft on a catapult aft of the funnels.
		My father served on HMS York in the early thirties, I believe he was on a cruise to North America and the West Indies in 1933.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /york_class.htm (757 words)

	HMS York
		Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS York for the county seat of Yorkshire, on the River Ouse.
		She served in the Navy for eight years before foundering in the North Sea in 1804.
		This page was last modified 21:10, 13 Dec 2004.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/HMS_York (274 words)

	HMS Norfolk torpedo's Bismarck
		At the outbreak of world war two, HMS Norfolk served in the Home Fleet in 1939 till 1945 t she took part in the final action against the Bismarck firing 527 8-inch shells and eight torpedoes.
		HMS Norfolk also took part in the action against the Scharnhorst, she was hit by two, 11-inch shells, one of which went through the X ring bulkhead and went overboard without exploding.
		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.
	www.navalprints.com /hms_norfolk.htm (869 words)

	Naval (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Therefore two aircraft and catapults were to be installed in YORK, one forward on B turret and one abaft the funnels.
		As first designed YORK was given three funnels, the foremost being close to the bridge, but the obvious advantage of trunking the uptakes of the first two funnels into one large casing led to this modification being effected, with raked funnels keeping the bridge clear of smoke.
		EXETER had two fixed catapults aft and angled outwards, the turret aircraft on YORK was dropped due to the insufficient strength of the turret to support the installation.
	www.havelock.u-net.com /naval.htm (305 words)

	Sinking of HMS Exeter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		In this action, however, she was badly damaged and had to withdraw to the Falkland Islands for temporary repairs.
		HMS Exeter down by the bows and close to sinking.
		That is really the end of this account of the last fight of a gallant ship, HMS Exeter.
	www.rnzncomms.net.nz /jackharker/chapt11/HMSExeter.html (3431 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Light cruiser HMS Durban of the D class
		By December 1933, Durban was relieved by the heavy cruiser HMS York and returned to the UK.
		This consisted of her two sister ships HMS Danae and HMS Dauntless, the unit was formed to keep watch on German merchant ships in the Dutch East Indies harbours, her patrol area was off Padang.
		In 1941 Durban was still based at Singapore with the cruiser HMS Dragon and tasked in the escorting of the convoys between Singapore and the Sunda Straits.
	www.uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/1207.html (593 words)

	HMS Carlisle
		This picture was sent to me by Sean Kinsella, the son of Thomas Leopold "Alec" Kinsella, who served aboard HMS Carlisle during WWII.
		He was a 17 year old Irishman who came to England with his older brother to fight in the 2nd World War, as did lots of others even though Ireland was neutral.
		HMS Carlisle was a ship of the Capetown Class, built under a First World War Emergency Programme.
	www.midnight-computing.com /Midnight/personal/Dan/Warships/Carlisle.htm (720 words)

	HMS Colossus
		HMS Colossus was Built by Scotts of Greenock and launched on the 9th of April 1910 and commissioned into the Royal Navy on the 8th August 1911.
		HMS Colossus joined the 2nd Division of the Home Fleet and the 2nd Battle Squadron between May and December 1912 and in August 1914 she became Flagship to the 1st battle squadron.
		She fought at the Battle of Jutland under the command of Admiral Jellicoe being the only ship under his command to be damaged by two hits, with five crew casualties.
	www.naval-art.com /hms_colosus.htm (640 words)

	Shane's Shiplist
		HMS Agincourt Scratchbuilt SMI 350 1998 pp 25 1/700
		HMS Agincourt 1914 conversion IPMS(UK) 3/96 pp 14 1996 Airfix 1/600
		HMS Warspite 1916 conversion IPMS(UK) 2/96 pp 14 1996 Airfix 1/600
	www.smmlonline.com /articles/shiplist.html (8743 words)

	HMS Barham Guestbook - Entries in the guestbook to 21 February 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Apart from a few weeks he spent on HMS Juno during the Battle of Matapan, she was to remain his home for the best part of two years.
		During HMS Barham's visit to South Africa, Arthur visited another cousin, Morris Frank Sherwell and is remembered by Morris' daughter, Elizabeth, for reading children's stories to her.
		I went to HMS Caledonia Rothsythe Scotland, transferred to St George and joined with other training ships at Isle of Man. Drafted to Liverpool and joined the “Barham” 1939, which was having a refit.
	www.watersideweb.co.uk /Barham/guestbook.htm (15467 words)

	Letter Y - John H Marsh Maritime Research Centre - South African Maritime Museum - Cape Town (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		YORK HMS cruiser 9250/1928 in 1952 (1952 scrapped)
		YORK CASTLE freighter 5517/1901 in 1920s (1932 scrapped)
		YOSERIC freighter 5240/1918 in 1928 or '29 & early '30s (1937 scrapped)
	www.rapidttp.co.za /museum/jmmc/jmmcy.html (206 words)

	The Journal of Syms Covington - Readings
		Charles Darwin and the Voyage of the Beagle; Philosophical Library, New York (1946).
		Charles Darwin's Diary of the Voyage of the H.M.S. "Beagle"; Kraus Reprint Co., New York (1969).
		The Autobiography of Charles Darwin; Dover, New York (1958).
	www.asap.unimelb.edu.au /bsparcs/covingto/read&mat.htm (1058 words)

	1250 Scale Producers Model Gallery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		HMS Gannet, River Gunboat 1935, (AR-55) Photograph by Ingo Hohm
		HMS Ocean, British Carrier, #2, #3, #4, #5, (AR-1225) Photograph by Ingo Hohm
		HMS Ocean, British Carrier - (AR-1225) Repainted and photographed by Juan Carlos Piro.
	www.steelnavy.com /1250Gallery.htm (3052 words)

	Brtish, RN Cruisers, including Minelayers in WW2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		HMS Spartan - 5.25in-armed "Bellona" class AA cruiser.
		HMS Delhi - re-armed in USA with 5-5in
		Nicknamed HMS 'Pepperpot' because of the amount of splinter damage to her hull and upper works during her time in the Mediterranean (Battle for Anzio - Italian Campaign).
	www.naval-history.net /WW2BritishShipsCruisers.htm (1608 words)

	Back to home page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		HMS Exeter 8,390 Tons Launched 1929 Speed 32.25 Knots 3x2 8-inch Guns 4x1 4-inch AA Guns Complement 630 Notes Famous for her role in the chase for the Graf Spee.
		Disabled by Torpedo form Italian Skiff, March 25, 1941and was later sunk while trying to make temporary repairs, in Suda Bay, May 29 1941.
		Although sisters, they differed in appearance, York had raked funnels and masts, the Bridge is also different.
	www.wiktel.net /wilkom/exeter.htm (102 words)

	Royal Navy Cruisers Part 4
		Further additions during the war (including various combinations of light AA guns) increased displacement to 10,900 tons standard and 14,500 tons full load.
		Two other ships of this class, Australia (completed 24 April 1928, broken up 1955) and Canberra (completed 10 July 1928, sunk 9 August 1942) were built for the Royal Australian Navy.
		Superb was completed to a slightly different design as the only ship of the second group of the class.
	www.btinternet.com /~a.c.walton/navy/rn-cr4.html (2882 words)

	1250 What's New (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		HMS Ark Royal and HMS Victorious, Post World War Two Carriers from Skytrex by John Olsen.
		Albatros Duchess of Bedford, #2, (AL-184), with a comparison to 1:600 model of Duchess of York by Millar's Marine from the 1930s.
		HMS Hood as she would have appeared if she had received her rebuild along the lines of HMS Renown.
	www.steelnavy.com /1250.htm (3973 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		He received the Victoria Cross 1944 - U-994 attacked by a Norwegian 333 Sqn Mosquito and the boat was damaged & 5 men wounded.
		The boat reached Bergen the same day 1944 - Destroyer HMS Cambrian commissioned 1944 - Submarines USS Caiman & Sea Owl commissioned 1944 - U-347 sunk west of Narvik in position 68.36N, 08.33E, by depth charges from an RAF 86 Sqn Liberator.
		52 dead (all hands lost) 1945 - Rescue tug HMS Athlete mined & sunk off Leghorn, Italy 1947 - RCN 826 Sqn Firefly #RB668 crashed at sea near Musquadaboit NS.
	www.seawaves.com /newsletters/TDIH/july/17Jul.txt (1717 words)

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