| Name: | YORK |
| Type: | Cruiser |
| Keel: | 16/05/1927 |
| Launched: | 17/07/1928 |
| Completed: | 06/05/1930 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 967 |
| Dimensions: | 8250disp - 10350disp, 540.0 x 57.0 x 17.0(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 4 x Steam turbines, Parsons type, SR geared, 80000shp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 4 x Screws, 32.3knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 3 x 2 x 8.0ins, 4 x 1 x 4.0ins QF AA, 2 x 1 x 2pdr AA guns, 2 x 3 x 21ins torpedoes |
| History: | |
| 06/05/1930 | British Royal Navy |
| 26/03/1941 | Beached |
| Comments: | Built with an aircraft hanger under the bridge, hence high bridge structure. |
| However the hanger was never used | |
| 26/03/1941: Rammed amidships at Suda Bay by 2 Italian explosive motorboats. | |
| Beached at Suda Bay, Crete to prevent sinking. | |
| 22/04 & 22/05/1941: Bombed by German aircraft and damaged beyond repair | |
| 22/05/1941: Main guns wrecked by demolition charges to prevent use by Germans | |
| 02/1952: Wreck salvaged and towed to Bari for breaking up which began 03/03/1953 |
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