YORK CLASS

SHIP      BUILDER           LAID DOWN    LAUNCHED             COMPLETED    FATE

YORK    Palmers                1927                       1928                            1930              total loss

                                                                                                                                       1941 mar

   Displacement   10,515 full load  Dimensions  175.25 x 17.37 x 6.17m   Speed 32.5 KTS

Range 10,000 nm (14kts)  Armour  3inch  side, 1.5 inch deck, 1 inch turrets.        

Armament  6  8inch mkVIII(3x2), four 4 inch MKV (4x1),2 x 2pdr(2x1) ,six 21 inch torpedo tubes.

Aircraft  1 + catapult

Complement   628  

Notes 

Built as a cheaper version of the county class the York  along  with her near  sister EXETER

had  a involved role in the early part of  WW II .Hit by explosive  motor boats  launched from 

Italian destroyers (SELLA,CRISPI) while laying in Suda Bay Crete. This caused major damage

to HMS York who was eventually beached in shallow water. she was later wrecked by demolition charges

when the island was evacuated on 22 May 1941.

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