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HMS Duke of York |
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HMS Duke of York Laid Down : 5th May 1937 Launched : 28th February 1940 Completed : 4th November 1941 Type : Battleship Class : King George V Builder : John Brown Country : UK Sequence : This is the 2nd ship with this name. Pennants : 17, I17, B2 BPF Fate : Scrapped at Faslane, Scotland on the 18th February 1958. |
| HMS Duke of York was built at Clydebank and launched of the 28th January 1940, she served most of world war two in the home fleet, (1940 to 1945) serving with the Murmansk Convoys and also took part in the sinking of the Scharnhorst on 26th December 1943. In August 1945 she was transferred to the Pacific to operate against the Japanese. She entered the reserve fleet in 1949 and was scrapped at Faslane, Scotland on the 18th February 1958. |
HMS Duke of York Photos for Sale |
  HMS Duke of York |   HMS Duke of York, August 1946. |   HMS Duke of York, August 1946. |   King George VI on board HMS Duke of York in 1940. |   HMS Duke of York |
  HMS Duke of York. |   HMS Duke of York. |
Other images featuring this ship : | |
 HMS Warrior and HMS Duke of York, May 1950. | |
Timeline Entries : | |||
5th May 1937 - Laid down at John Browns 28th February 1940 - Launched 28th February 1940 - Pennant Number 17 15th April 1941 - Capt. Cecil Halliday Jepson Harcourt in Command 4th November 1941 - Commissioned 11th February 1942 - Working up 1st March 1942 - Escort for Russian Convoy PQ 12 and return QP 08 to Iceland 20th March 1942 - Flagship of Rear-Admiral A.T.B. Curteis 29th September 1942 - Capt. George Elvey Creasy in Command 22nd March 1943 - Sailed Scapa Flow 25th March 1943 - Arrived Scapa Flow 25th March 1943 - Sailed Scapa Flow 17th May 1943 - Arrived Scapa Flow 24th May 1943 - Sailed Scapa Flow 7th July 1943 - Sailed Scapa Flow. Operation Camera 3rd August 1943 - Arrived Scapa Flow 6th August 1943 - Capt. Brian Betham Schofield in Command 9th December 1943 - Capt. the Hon. Guy Herbrand Edward Russell in Command 26th December 1943 - Engaged German Battleship Scharnhorst 26th December 1943 - Sighted and Attacked Scharnhorst 26th December 1943 - Participated in the Battle of North Cape 3rd September 1944 - Capt. Andrew Dacres Nicholl in Command November 1944 - British Pacific Fleet November 1944 - Capt. A. D. Nicholl, CBE, DSO 24th April 1945 - Sailed Scapa Flow for Gibraltar 30th April 1945 - Arrived Gibraltar 12th May 1945 - Sailed Malta 18th May 1945 - Sailed Malta 21st May 1945 - Sailed Malta 22nd May 1945 - Arrived Malta 24th May 1945 - Arrived Malta 2nd June 1945 - Arrived Malta 30th July 1945 - Out of Dock at Sydney 27th August 1945 - At Sagami Bay 27th August 1945 - At Sagami Bay 28th August 1945 - Flagship of Admiral Fraser 28th August 1945 - At Sagami Bay 1st February 1947 - South of the Isle of Wight for Home Fleet Review by the King 25th June 1947 - In the North Sea for air defence exercises with the RAF 21st July 1947 - Home Fleet Review on the Clyde 21st July 1947 - Flagship of Admiral Sir Neville Syfret 26th July 1947 - Sailed Clyde. Exercises in North Sea 23rd September 1948 - Sailed Portland for Home Fleet Cruise 16th November 1948 - Arrived Norfolk Va. 23rd November 1948 - Sailed Norfolk Va. 3rd December 1948 - Off West Coast of Africa 13th December 1948 - Arrived Portsmouth after exercises 13th December 1948 - Flagship of Admiral Sir Rhoderick McGrigor 28th January 1949 - Flagship of Admiral Sir Rhoderick McGrigor 28th January 1949 - Arrived Portland to prepare for the Spring Cruise to Gibraltar 28th January 1949 - Capt. C.R.L. Parry in Command 4th February 1949 - Arrived Gibraltar 7th March 1949 - Commenced combined exercises otf Gibraltar 9th March 1949 - Arrived Gibraltar 9th March 1949 - Completed combined exercises off Gibraltar 9th March 1949 - Exercising off Gibraptar 9th March 1949 - Carried out exercises off Gibraltar 15th March 1949 - Arrived Lisbon 30th January 1956 - In reserve at Gareloch 1957 - Sold For Scrap | |||
HMS Duke of York Artwork Collection |
  HMS Valiant , Battle Wagons by Randall Wilson. |   Return the Victor, HMS Duke of York entering Scapa Flow by Randall Wilson. |
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