Classe: York


Category: Heavy Cruiser

Nation: Great Britain
Statistics: Displacement: 10 350 tons
Length: 175 meters
Speed: 32 knots
6 x 8'' guns


Additional information on the web : [RoyalNavyWW2]
Exeter, 68


DateIncidentBattlePlace
August 1, 1928Laid down-Great Britain
July 18, 1929LaunchedGreat Britain, heavy cruiser, christened Exeter. Great Britain
July 27, 1931Commissioned-Great Britain
October 1936-Spanish Civil War. Spain
September 3, 1939-The Royal Navy at the start of the war. South Atlantic
October 5, 1939-Hunting groups against corsairs. Great Britain
December 13, 1939DamagedBattle of the river Plate. Latin America
February 27, 1942DamagedBattle of Java Sea. Indonesia
March 1, 1942SunkBattle off South Borneo. Indonesia

York, 90


DateIncidentBattlePlace
May 16, 1927Laid down-Great Britain
July 17, 1928LaunchedGreat Britain, heavy cruiser, christened York. Great Britain
March 1, 1930Commissioned-Great Britain
September 3, 1939-The Royal Navy at the start of the war. Canada
October 5, 1939-Hunting groups against corsairs. North Atlantic
October 13, 1940CombatConvoy MB 6 from Alexandria to Malta, sinks the Artigliere. Malta, Tunisia
November 11, 1940-Raid on Taranto. Italy
November 25, 1940-Operation M.B. 9. Eastern Mediterranean Sea
November 27, 1940-Operations "Collar". Western Mediteranean Sea
May 22, 1941ScuttledCrete. Creta
March 3, 1952Stricken-Italy



Made by
LemaireSoft on June 29, 2001