HMS York (90)

	York at anchor, 1930
History
United Kingdom
Name	York
Ordered	21 October 1926
Builder	Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Jarrow
Laid down	16 May 1927
Launched	17 July 1928
Commissioned	1 May 1930
Identification	Pennant number: 90
Fate	Sunk, 22 May 1941; Scrapped beginning 3 March 1952;
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	York-class heavy cruiser
Displacement	8,250 long tons (8,380 t) (standard); 10,620 long tons (10,790 t) (deep load);
Length	575 ft (175.3 m)
Beam	57 ft (17.4 m)
Draught	20 ft 3 in (6.2 m)
Installed power	8 Admiralty 3-drum boilers; 80,000 shp (60,000 kW);
Propulsion	4 shafts, geared steam turbines
Speed	32.25 knots (59.73 km/h; 37.11 mph)
Range	10,000 nmi (19,000 km; 12,000 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	628
Armament	3 × twin 8 in (203 mm) guns; 4 × single 4 in (102 mm) AA guns; 2 × single 2-pdr (40 mm (1.6 in)) AA guns; 2 × triple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes;
Armour	Belt: 3 in (76 mm); Decks: 1.5 in (38 mm); Barbettes: 1 in (25 mm); Turrets: 1 in (25 mm); Bulkheads: 3.5 in (89 mm); Magazines: 3–4.375 in (76.2–111.1 mm);

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 Indies Station before World War II. Early in the war the ship escorted convoys in the Atlantic and participated in the Norwegian Campaign in 1940. York was transferred to the Mediterranean theatre in late 1940 where she escorted convoys and the larger ships of the Mediterranean Fleet. She was wrecked in an attack by Italian explosive motorboats of the 10th Flotilla MAS at Suda Bay, Crete, in March 1941. The ship's wreck was salvaged in 1952 and subsequently scrapped.

History
York at anchor, 1930
United Kingdom
Name	York
Ordered	21 October 1926
Builder	Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Jarrow
Laid down	16 May 1927
Launched	17 July 1928
Commissioned	1 May 1930
Identification	Pennant number: 90
Fate	Sunk, 22 May 1941 Scrapped beginning 3 March 1952
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	York-class heavy cruiser
Displacement	8,250 long tons (8,380 t) (standard) 10,620 long tons (10,790 t) (deep load)
Length	575 ft (175.3 m)
Beam	57 ft (17.4 m)
Draught	20 ft 3 in (6.2 m)
Installed power	8 Admiralty 3-drum boilers 80,000 shp (60,000 kW)
Propulsion	4 shafts, geared steam turbines
Speed	32.25 knots (59.73 km/h; 37.11 mph)
Range	10,000 nmi (19,000 km; 12,000 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	628
Armament	3 × twin 8 in (203 mm) guns 4 × single 4 in (102 mm) AA guns 2 × single 2-pdr (40 mm (1.6 in)) AA guns 2 × triple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour	Belt: 3 in (76 mm) Decks: 1.5 in (38 mm) Barbettes: 1 in (25 mm) Turrets: 1 in (25 mm) Bulkheads: 3.5 in (89 mm) Magazines: 3–4.375 in (76.2–111.1 mm)