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| Career (UK) | |
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| Name: | HMS York |
| Operator: | Royal Navy |
| Builder: | Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom |
| Laid down: | 18 January 1980 |
| Launched: | 20 June 1982 |
| Sponsored by: | Lady Gosling |
| Christened: | 9 August 1985 |
| Commissioned: | 9 August 1985 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: D98 Deck code: YK International callsign: GBBB[1] |
| Motto: | Bon Espoir ("Good Hope") |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2012[update] |
| Badge: | On a Field Blue, a White rose with Gold keys issuant Red. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Type 42 destroyer |
| Displacement: | 5,200 tonnes |
| Length: | 141 m (462.5 ft) |
| Beam: | 15.2 m (50 ft) |
| Propulsion: | COGOG (Combined Gas or Gas) turbines, 2 shafts 2 turbines producing 36 MW |
| Speed: | 34 knots (56 km/h)[2] |
| Complement: | 287 |
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| Aircraft carried: |
1 x Lynx HMA8 Armed with
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HMS York is a Batch III Type 42 destroyer of the Royal Navy. Launched on 20 June 1982 at Wallsend,[3] Tyne and Wear and sponsored by Lady Gosling, HMS York was the last Type 42 built. The ship's crest is the White Rose of York, and the "red cross with lions passant" funnel badge is derived from the coat of arms of the City of York. With a maximum speed of 34 knots, she is the Royal Navy's fastest destroyer.[2]
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In 2003 she took part in the invasion of Iraq providing air cover and area protection for HMS Ark Royal. In 2004 she was fitted with the MOD 1 variant of the mark 8 4.5 inch gun. She and HMS Edinburgh are the only two Type 42s to be so fitted.
In July 2006, York joined Gloucester in evacuating British citizens from Beirut in the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict making several trips in and out of Lebanon, ferrying evacuees to Cyprus.[4]
In February 2010, HMS York and the auxiliary RFA Wave Ruler were deployed in the Falkland Islands coinciding with a period of increased tensions between the United Kingdom and Argentina over the former's plans to begin drilling for oil in the seas surrounding the islands.[5]
In February 2011, York was deployed to Malta to assist in the evacuation of British nationals from Libya.[6]
On 10 March 2011, the vessel visited the port of Funchal, Madeira, for reprovisioning and R&R.
On 21 April 2011, York arrived at the East Cove Military Port in the Falkland Islands, beginning patrol duties for the islands.[2]
On 12 December 2011 the 'York spotted Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov with its carrier group northeast of the Orkneys of the coast of northern Scotland from where it shadowed the carrier for a week. This was the first time the Kunetsov had deployed near UK waters. It then sailed around the top of Scotland and into the Atlantic past western Ireland, where it conducted flying operations with her Sukhoi Su-33 Flanker jets and Kamov Ka-27 helicopters in international airspace.[7]
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