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HMSYork(D98)

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HMSYorkinJerseyon 4 May 2009.
History
United Kingdom
NameHMSYork
BuilderSwan Hunter,Tyne and Wear
Laid down18 January 1980
Launched20 June 1982
Sponsored byLady Gosling
Christened9 August 1985
Commissioned9 August 1985
Decommissioned27 September 2012[2]
Identification
MottoBon Espoir( "Good Hope" )
FateScrapped in Turkey 2015
Badge
  • On a Field Blue, a White rose with Gold keys issuant Red.
General characteristics
Class and typeType 42 destroyer
Displacement5,200 tonnes
Length141 m (463 ft)
Beam15.2 m (50 ft)
Propulsion
  • Combined gas or gas turbines, 2 shafts
  • 2 turbines producing 36 MW (48,000 hp)
Speed34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)[3]
Complement287
Armament
Aircraft carried
  • 1 ×LynxHMA8 armed with:
  • 4 × anti ship missiles
  • 2 × anti submarine torpedoes

HMSYorkwas a Batch IIIType 42destroyerof theRoyal Navy.Launched on 20 June 1982 atWallsend,[4]Tyne and Wearand sponsored by Lady Gosling,Yorkwas the last Type 42 ordered. The ship's crest was the White Rose of York, and the "red cross with lions passant" funnel badge was derived from thecoat of armsof theCity of York.With a maximum speed of 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph), she was the Royal Navy's fastest destroyer.[3]

Operational history[edit]

1985-1990[edit]

In the summer of 1990, HMSYorkwas serving on a routine patrol in thePersian Gulfas part of TheArmilla Patrolwhich had been undertaken by a series of Royal Navy warships over many years. On 2 August that year,Saddam Hussein's forcesinvaded Kuwait.Instead of heading off to theFar Eastand Australia for series of "waving the flag" port visits, she remained on patrol in the Persian Gulf for an extra three months. This period was conducted when at sea mostly on a war-ready footing, involving virtually everyone onboard working Defence Watches (basically six hours on, six off) round the clock.

1990-2000[edit]

Following refit at Rosyth, York rededicated on 30 June 1995 and then worked up to full readiness undertaking operational sea training and a JMC. She then deployed to the Far East and Middle East with visits to Malaysia, Bangladesh, Oman, UAE, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

2001-2010[edit]

In 2001, she tested aRIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile.[5]

2002 York deployed early in January in response to the 9-11 bombings. She relieved HMS Southampton which was part of a large exercises in the med and gulf that had been cancelled and diverted to take up station in the Gulf. As Southampton had already been away for several months York sailed and took over so she could return to the UK. Whilst on the deployment the ship visit Salala oman, Dubai, Mumbai India, Gibraltar, Greece and Crete with the ships company enjoying some well earned rest in Kavos on the way home. York arrived back into Portsmouth in June.

In 2003,Yorktook part in theinvasion of Iraqproviding air cover and area protection for theaircraft carrierHMSArk Royal.In 2004, she was fitted with the MOD 1 variant of themark 8 4.5-inch gun.She andEdinburghwere the only twoType 42sto be so fitted.

In July 2006,YorkjoinedGloucesterinevacuating British citizensfromBeirutin the2006 Israel-Lebanon conflictmaking several trips in and out ofLebanon,ferrying evacuees toCyprus.[6]

In February 2010,Yorkand the auxiliaryWave Rulerwere deployed to theFalkland Islandscoinciding with a period of increased tensions between the United Kingdom andArgentinaover the former's plans to begin drilling for oil in the seas surrounding the islands.[7]

2011-2012[edit]

In February 2011,Yorkwas deployed toMaltato assist in the evacuation of British nationals fromLibya.[8]On 21 April 2011,Yorkarrived at theEast Cove Military Portin theFalkland Islands,beginning patrol duties for the islands.[3]On 12 December 2011,Yorkspotted theAdmiral Kuznetsovwith its carrier group northeast ofOrkney,off the coast of northern Scotland, and shadowed the carrier for a week. This was the first timeAdmiral Kuznetsovhad deployed near UK waters and the closest in 20 years that a Russian naval task group had deployed to the UK.[9]She then sailed around the top of Scotland and into the Atlantic past western Ireland, where she conducted flying operations with herSukhoi Su-33 Flankerjets andKamov Ka-27helicopters in international airspace.[9][10]

Two drill Sea Dart missiles onYork's launcher.

On 13 April 2012,Edinburghfired the last ever operationalSea Dart missilesafter a thirty-year career. As suchYorkcompleted her career without the system being operational.[11][12]

YorkenteredPortsmouthharbour for the final time on 20 September 2012, and was decommissioned on 27 September 2012.[2]In August 2012, the ship was put up for sale.[13]

Type 42 Batch 3 HMS York D98

Affiliations[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^"Royal Navy Bridge Card, February 2009"(PDF).Retrieved20 June2009.
  2. ^ab "Royal Navy's HMS York makes final Portsmouth return".BBC News.20 September 2012.Retrieved17 June2015.
  3. ^abc"Title unknown".Archived fromthe originalon 29 April 2011.
  4. ^ "HMS York History".Archived fromthe originalon 9 September 2010.Retrieved17 June2015.
  5. ^"HMS York (Sea RAM Trial)".Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).24 April 2002.
  6. ^"Lebanon Britons speak of relief".BBC News.19 July 2006.Retrieved17 June2015.
  7. ^"Gordon Brown says UK is prepared in Falkland Islands".BBC News.18 February 2010.Retrieved17 June2015.
  8. ^Chulov, Martin (24 February 2011)."Libya rebels isolate Gaddafi, seizing cities and oilfields".The Guardian.London.Retrieved17 June2015.
  9. ^ab"British warship escorts Russian aircraft carrier past UK waters".The Daily Telegraph.London. 7 February 2012.Retrieved17 June2015.
  10. ^"York completes a week shadowing Russia's biggest warship around the British Isles"(Press release). Royal Navy. 22 December 2011. Archived fromthe originalon 23 April 2012.Retrieved20 May2012.
  11. ^"HMSEdinburghFires Final Sea Dart Missiles ".Archived fromthe originalon 14 May 2012.Retrieved20 May2012.
  12. ^"A last hurrah for Sea Dart as the missile roars off Scotland".Navy News.Royal Navy. 20 April 2012. Archived fromthe originalon 10 October 2017.Retrieved17 June2015.
  13. ^"HMS York and HMS Edinburgh for sale on Navy website".BBC News.8 August 2012.Retrieved17 June2015.

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