RN Heavy Cruisers: York Class

[Brian James]

Lead Ship,Heavy Cruiser HMS York pictured on a foggy morn at Vancouver on August 10th 1938.
She was the first of two York-Class Heavy Cruisers, built at Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Company Shipyards, Jarrow on Tyneside in 1928.She mostly served on the North America and West Indies Station before World War II. Early in the war she escorted convoys in the Atlantic and participated in the Norwegian Campaign in 1940. York was transferred to the Mediterranean theatre in late 1940 where she escorted convoys and the larger ships of the Mediterranean Fleet. She was wrecked in an attack by Italian explosive Motorboats of the 10th Flotilla MAS at Suda Bay, Crete in March 1941. Her wreck was salvaged in 1952 and scrapped in Bari.

[jbryce1437]

Of the seven ships planned for the Class, only two were built, York and Exeter, with the remaining five being cancelled due to budget cuts. Both York and Exeter were war losses.

More of HMS York

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[jbryce1437]

HMS Exeter

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[timlewin]

a very fine set of photos from a lost period of history, the immediate pre-war Navy.

[designeraccd]

Indeed they are! I had never seen the vast majority of the pair....THANKS!! DFO

[Brian James]

Lead Ship,Heavy Cruiser HMS York pictured at Boston c1938.

[timlewin]

Here are a couple of pictures of Perth taken from the "Valiant" book serialised in the TTL section.

I will start the book from the beginning next week, the first real entry to the Journal is 26th Feb.

tim

[Brian James]

Launch Day for Heavy Cruiser HMS York at Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Company Shipyards,Jarrow,Tyneside on July 17th 1928.

[Brian James]

York Class Heavy Cruiser HMS Exeter pictured as she transits the Panama Canal on March 8th 1925.

[designeraccd]

One of the last photos of EXETER............ DFO