HMS York

Nine 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.

• HMS York was a 52-gun Speaker class frigate launched in 1654 as Marston Moor. She was renamed York upon the Restoration in 1660. She ran aground and was wrecked in 1703.
• HMS York was a 60-gun fourth-rate launched in 1706 and sunk in 1751 at Sheerness as a breakwater.
• HMS York was a 60-gun fourth-rate launched in 1753 and broken up in 1772.
• HMS York was a 12-gun sloop-of-war originally named Betsy. She was purchased in 1777 in North America. In 1778, she was captured by the French, but was then recaptured by the British, before being recaptured by the French in 1779.
• HMS York was a 14-gun storeship purchased in 1779 in the West Indies, only to be sold again in 1781.
• HMS York was a 64-gun third-rate, intended to be the East Indiaman Royal Admiral, but purchased on the stocks in 1796 and converted. She was wrecked in 1804.
• HMS York was a 74-gun third-rate launched in 1807, converted to a convict ship in 1819 and broken up in 1854.
• HMS York was a York class cruiser launched in 1928 and damaged and sunk in 1941. Her hulk was paid off that year, and was then scrapped in 1952.
• HMS York is a Type 42 destroyer launched in 1982 and currently in service.