HMS York (90), launched in 1928, was a County class cruiser. She served in World War II and was sunk in Suda Bay, Crete by Italian torpedo boats. The County class were the first and last heavy cruisers of the Royal Navy, being built in four sub-classes, that became known as the Kent, London, Norfolk and York classes. ... Combatants Allied Powers Axis Powers Commanders {{{commander1}}} {{{commander2}}} Strength {{{strength1}}} {{{strength2}}} Casualties 17 million military deaths 7 million military deaths World War II, also known as the Second World War (sometimes WW2 or WWII), was a mid-20th century conflict that engulfed much of the globe and is accepted as... Greece and Crete Crete (Greek ΚÏήτη / Kriti, in Turkish: Girit) is the largest of the Greek islands and the fifth largest in the Mediterranean Sea. ... A torpedo boat is a relatively small and fast naval ship designed to launch torpedoes at larger surface ships. ...
See HMS York for other ships of this name. Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS York for the county seat of Yorkshire, on the River Ouse. ...
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List of cruisers of the Royal Navy List of major warship classes of the Royal Australian Navy The County class were the first and last heavy cruisers of the Royal Navy, being built in four sub-classes, that became known as the Kent, London, Norfolk and York classes. ... HMS Berwick (65) was the Kent class cruiser for the Royal Navy. ... HMS Cumberland, the fifteenth ship of that name was a County class heavy cruiser of the Royal Navy that saw action during the Second World War. ... HMS Cornwall (56) was a 9,750-ton County-class heavy cruiser of the Royal Navy. ... HMS Devonshire was a County-class heavy cruiser of the Royal Navy, that served in World War II. Devonshire was laid down by HM Dockyard at Devonport in Plymouth on 16 March 1926, launched on 22 October 1927 and completed on 18 March 1929. ... HMS Dorsetshire (pennant number 40) was a heavy cruiser of the Royal Navy, named after the English county (now called Dorset). ... The fourth and best known HMS Exeter (68), was a County-class heavy cruiser of the York subclass that served in World War II. She was built by Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth, Devon. ... HMS Kent, was a County-class heavy cruiser of the Royal Navy. ... HMS London (C-69) was a County class heavy cruiser of the Royal Navy. ... A long absence of a Norfolk in the Royal Navy was finally ended in the commissioning of County-class heavy cruiser HMS Norfolk (78), which displaced 10,035 tons. ... HMS Shropshire (83) was a County class heavy cruiser laid down by William Beardmore and Company, Limited, at Dalmuir in Scotland on 24 February 1926, launched on 5 July 1928 by the Countess of Powis, Baroness D?Arcy de Knayth and completed on 12 September 1929. ... HMS Suffolk was a cruiser of the British Navy which took part in the action which led to the sinking of the German battleship Bismarck in 1941. ... HMS Sussex, was a London class (aka County class) cruiser, was laid down by R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Limited, at Hebburn-on-Tyne on 1 February 1927, launched on 22 February 1928 and completed on 19 March 1929. ... HMAS Australia, launched in 1927, was a County-class heavy cruiser in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). ... HMAS Canberra was a Kent class design of the County-class class heavy cruiser in the Royal Australian Navy. ... HMAS Shropshire, named for the county of Shropshire, England, was a County class heavy cruiser laid down by William Beardmore and Company, Limited, at Dalmuir, Scotland, 24 February 1926, launched 5 July 1928 by the Countess of Powis, Baroness D’Arcy de Knayth, completed 12 September 1929 and commissioned into... This is a list of Royal Navy cruisers. ... This is a list of major classes of warship operated by the Royal Australian Navy. ...
La HMSYork (90), gemello della più famosa Exeter era un incrociatore pesante, la prima della sua classe, la quale derivava dalla classe County della Royal Navy.
Così, dopo 13 navi di questo tipo si mise mano ad una loro versione ridotta, la classe York, che comprendeva unità ancora definibili come "pesanti" a motivo del calibro dei cannoni, 203mm, ma per tutto il resto essenzialmente incrociatori leggeri, sia per dislocamento che per corazzatura, limitata negli spessori e soprattutto nell'estensione.
Il relitto bruciato dello York non era totalmente affondato, ma gli inglesi in ritirata non potevano recuperarlo.
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