Ten ships of the
Royal Navy
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have borne the name HMS ''York'' after the city of
York
York is a cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England, with Roman Britain, Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire, Ouse and River Foss, Foss. It has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a Yor ...
, the county seat of
Yorkshire
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, on the
River Ouse.
*, 52-gun launched 1654 as ''Marston Moor''; renamed ''York'' upon the
Restoration 1660; ran aground and wrecked 1703
*, 60-gun
fourth rate
In 1603 all English warships with a complement of fewer than 160 men were known as 'small ships'. In 1625/26 to establish pay rates for officers, a six-tier naval ship rating system was introduced.Winfield 2009 These small ships were divided ...
launched 1706; sunk 1751 at
Sheerness
Sheerness () is a port town and civil parish beside the mouth of the River Medway on the north-west corner of the Isle of Sheppey in north Kent, England. With a population of 13,249, it is the second largest town on the island after the nearby ...
as a breakwater
*, 60-gun fourth rate launched 1753; broken up 1772
*, 12-gun
sloop-of-war
During the 18th and 19th centuries, a sloop-of-war was a warship of the Royal Navy with a single gun deck that carried up to 18 guns. The rating system of the Royal Navy covered all vessels with 20 or more guns; thus, the term encompassed all u ...
''Betsy'' captured from the Americans; purchased into the Royal Navy March 1777; captured by the French, 1778; recovered by the British; recaptured by the French, July 1779; renamed ''Duc DYork''; armed with eighteen, 4-pounder guns; broken up 1783
*
HMS ''York'' (1779), was the former
East Indiaman
East Indiamen were merchant ships that operated under charter or licence for European trading companies which traded with the East Indies between the 17th and 19th centuries. The term was commonly used to refer to vessels belonging to the Bri ...
''Pigot'', which the Royal Navy purchased in 1779 for use as storeship in the
West Indies
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; sold in 1781 to local buyers in India.
*, 64-gun
third rate
In the rating system of the Royal Navy, a third rate was a ship of the line which from the 1720s mounted between 64 and 80 guns, typically built with two gun decks (thus the related term two-decker).
Rating
When the rating system was f ...
, intended to be the
East Indiaman
East Indiamen were merchant ships that operated under charter or licence for European trading companies which traded with the East Indies between the 17th and 19th centuries. The term was commonly used to refer to vessels belonging to the Bri ...
''Royal Admiral''; purchased on the stocks 1796 and converted; wrecked 1804
*, 74-gun third rate launched 1807; converted to a convict ship 1819; broken up 1854
*, a former merchant ship used as an
armed boarding steamer in the First World War
*, launched 1928; damaged by Italian motor launches and scuttled in
Crete
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May 1941; scrapped 1952
*,
Type 42 destroyer
The Type 42 or ''Sheffield'' class was a class of fourteen guided-missile destroyers that served in the Royal Navy.Marriott, Leo: ''Royal Navy Destroyers since 1945'', , Ian Allan Ltd, 1989 A further two ships of this class were built for and ...
launched 1982; Decommissioned in 2012
Battle Honours
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Lowestoft 1665
*
Orfordness 1666
*
Sole Bay 1672
*
Schooneveld 1673
*
Texel 1673
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Louisbourg 1758
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Martinique 1809
*
Atlantic 1939
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Norway 1940
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Mediterranean 1940–41
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Malta Convoys 1941
See also
*,
Canadian Forces Naval Reserve
The Naval Reserve (NAVRES, ) is the Primary Reserve component of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN). The primary mission of the NAVRES is to force generate sailors and teams for Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) operations, including: domestic safety operati ...
division in
Toronto
Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. It is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a p ...
, Ontario
*, several ships of this name
Citations
References
*Demerliac, Alain (1996) ''La Marine De Louis XVI: Nomenclature Des Navires Français De 1774 À 1792''. (Nice: Éditions OMEGA).
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Royal Navy ship names