York Class Cruiser - Ships

Ships

Name Pennant Builder Laid down Launched Completed Fate
York 90 Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Company, Jarrow 16 May 1927 17 Feb 1928 6 June 1930 Rammed and crippled by two Italian explosive motor boats at Suda Bay 26 March 1941, beached in Suda Bay. Further damaged by German air raid, 18 May 1941. Abandoned, 22 May 1941. Salvaged and scrapped Feb 1952.
Exeter 68 HM Dockyard, Devonport 1 August 1928 13 July 1929 31 July 1931 Sunk by gunfire from Japanese cruisers Haguro and Nachi in Second Battle of the Java Sea 1 March 1942.

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