HMS York (D 98)

GPTKB entity

Properties (37)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 4 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns
8 × 40 mm Bofors guns
6 × 4.5 inch guns
gptkbp:awardedBy battle honors
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class Town-class
gptkbp:commissioned 1939
gptkbp:crew approximately 300 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1958
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkb:Arctic_Ocean
North_Atlantic
gptkbp:displacement 5,500 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1956
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS York (D 98)
gptkbp:launched 1938
gptkbp:length 169.5 meters
gptkbp:nickname The_York
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Operation_Pedestal
Operation Overlord
Battle of the River Plate
D-Day landings
Operation Dragoon
gptkbp:operates gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn anti-submarine warfare
convoy escort missions
naval gunfire support
anti-aircraft operations
shore bombardment missions
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Sheffield
gptkb:HMS_Belfast
gptkb:HMS_Newcastle
gptkbp:speed 32 knots