HMS York (D98)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS York.

HMS York in Jersey on 4 May 2009.
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS York
BuilderSwan Hunter, Tyne and Wear
Laid down18 January 1980
Launched20 June 1982
Sponsored byLady Gosling
Christened9 August 1985
Commissioned9 August 1985
Decommissioned27 September 2012[2]
Identification
MottoBon Espoir ("Good Hope")
FateScrapped in Turkey 2015
Badge
  • On a Field Blue, a White rose with Gold keys issuant Red.
General characteristics
Class and typeType 42 destroyer
Displacement5,200 tonnes
Length141 m (463 ft)
Beam15.2 m (50 ft)
Propulsion
  • Combined gas or gas turbines, 2 shafts
  • 2 turbines producing 36 MW (48,000 hp)
Speed34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)[3]
Complement287
Armament
Aircraft carried
  • 1 × Lynx HMA8 armed with:
  • 4 × anti ship missiles
  • 2 × anti submarine torpedoes

HMS York was a Batch III Type 42 destroyer of the Royal Navy. Launched on 20 June 1982 at Wallsend,[4] Tyne and Wear and sponsored by Lady Gosling, York was the last Type 42 ordered. The ship's crest was the White Rose of York, and the "red cross with lions passant" funnel badge was derived from the coat of arms of the City of York. With a maximum speed of 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph), she was the Royal Navy's fastest destroyer.[3]

  1. ^ "Royal Navy Bridge Card, February 2009" (PDF). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference BBC19648000 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b "Title unknown". Archived from the original on 29 April 2011.
  4. ^ "HMS York History". Archived from the original on 9 September 2010. Retrieved 17 June 2015.