HMS York

Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS York after the city of York, the county seat of Yorkshire, on the River Ouse.

HMS York (1660), 52-gun Speaker-class frigate launched 1654 as Marston Moor; renamed York upon the Restoration 1660; ran aground and wrecked 1703
HMS York (1706), 60-gun fourth rate launched 1706; sunk 1751 at Sheerness as a breakwater
HMS York (1753), 60-gun fourth rate launched 1753; broken up 1772
HMS York (1777), 12-gun sloop-of-war 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 D'York; armed with eighteen, 4-pounder guns; broken up 1783^[1]
HMS York (1779), was the former East Indiaman Pigot, which the Royal Navy purchased in 1779 for use as storeship in the West Indies; sold in 1781 to local buyers in India.
HMS York (1796), 64-gun third rate, intended to be the East Indiaman Royal Admiral; purchased on the stocks 1796 and converted; wrecked 1804
HMS York (1807), 74-gun third rate launched 1807; converted to a convict ship 1819; broken up 1854
HMS York (1915), a former merchant ship used as an armed boarding steamer in the First World War
HMS York (90), York-class cruiser launched 1928; damaged by Italian motor launches and scuttled in Crete May 1941; scrapped 1952
HMS York (D98), Type 42 destroyer launched 1982; Decommissioned in 2012

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