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HMS ''York'' was a Batch III Type 42 destroyer of the Royal Navy. Launched on 20 June 1982 at Wallsend,〔 〕 Tyne and Wear and sponsored by Lady Gosling, ''York'' was the last Type 42 built. 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 , she was the Royal Navy's fastest destroyer.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=Title unknown )〕 ==Operational history== In 2003, she took part in the invasion of Iraq providing air cover and area protection for the aircraft carrier . In 2004, she was fitted with the MOD 1 variant of the mark 8 4.5-inch gun. She and were the only two Type 42s to be so fitted. In July 2006, ''York'' joined in evacuating British citizens from Beirut in the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict making several trips in and out of Lebanon, ferrying evacuees to Cyprus. In February 2010, ''York'' and the auxiliary were deployed to 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. In February 2011, ''York'' was deployed to Malta to assist in the evacuation of British nationals from Libya. On 21 April 2011, ''York'' arrived at the East Cove Military Port in the Falkland Islands, beginning patrol duties for the islands.〔 On 12 December 2011, ''York'' spotted the with its carrier group northeast of Orkney, off the coast of northern Scotland, and shadowed the carrier for a week. This was the first time ''Admiral Kuznetsov'' had deployed near UK waters and the closest in 20 years that a Russian naval task group had deployed to the UK.〔 She then sailed around the top of Scotland and into the Atlantic past western Ireland, where she conducted flying operations with her Sukhoi Su-33 Flanker jets and Kamov Ka-27 helicopters in international airspace.〔 〕 On 13 April 2012, ''Edinburgh'' fired the last ever operational Sea Dart missiles after a thirty year career. As such ''York '' completed her career without the system being operational.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=HMS ''Edinburgh'' Fires Final Sea Dart Missiles ) 〕 ''York'' entered Portsmouth harbour for the final time on 20 September 2012, and was decommissioned on 27 September 2012.〔 〕 In August 2012, the ship was put up for sale. 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 (D98)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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