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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. *, 52-gun launched 1654 as ''Marston Moor''; renamed ''York'' upon the Restoration 1660; ran aground and wrecked 1703 *, 60-gun fourth rate launched 1706; sunk 1751 at Sheerness as a breakwater *, 60-gun fourth rate launched 1753; broken up 1772 *, 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 DYork''; armed with eighteen, 4-pounder guns; broken up 1783〔Demerliac (1996), p.71, #445.〕 *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. *, 64-gun third rate, intended to be the East Indiaman ''Royal Admiral''; purchased on the stocks 1796 and converted; wrecked 1804 *, 74-gun third rate launched 1807; converted to a convict ship 1819; broken up 1854 *, a former merchant ship used as an armed boarding steamer in the First World War *, launched 1928; damaged by Italian motor launches and scuttled in Crete May 1941; scrapped 1952 *, Type 42 destroyer launched 1982; Decommissioned in 2012 ==Battle Honours== *Lowestoft 1665 *Orfordness 1666 *Sole Bay 1672 *Schooneveld 1673 *Texel 1673 *Louisbourg 1758 *Martinique 1809 *Atlantic 1939 *Norway 1940 *Mediterranean 1940-41 *Malta Convoys 1941〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=Title unknown )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS York」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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