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Hms Duke Of York Was A King George V-class Battleship Of The Royal Navy. Laid Down In May 1937 The Ship Was Constructed By John Brown And Company At Clydebank Scotland And Commissioned Into The Royal Navy On 4 November 1941 Subsequently Seeing Servic
Hms Duke Of York Was A King George V-class Battleship Of The Royal Navy. Laid Down In May 1937 The Ship Was Constructed By John Brown And Company At Clydebank Scotland And Commissioned Into The Royal Navy On 4 November 1941 Subsequently Seeing Service During The Second World War. In Mid-december 1941 Duke Of York Transported Prime Minister Winston Churchill To The United States To Meet President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Between March And September 1942 Duke Of York Was Involved With Convoy Escort Duties But In October She Was Dispatched To Gibraltar Where She Became The Flagship Of Force H. In October 1942 Duke Of York Was Involved In The Allied Invasion Of North Africa But Saw Little Action As Her Role Only Required Her To Protect The Accompanying Aircraft Carriers. Following This Duke Of York Was Involved In Operations Camera And Governor Which Were Diversionary Operations Designed To Draw The Germans' Attention Away From Operation Husky. On 4 October Duke Of York Was Involved Along With Her Sister-ship Anson In Covering A Force Of Allied Cruisers And Destroyers And The American Carrier Ranger That Raided German Shipping Off Norway. The Attack Sank Four Merchant Ships And Badly Damaged A Further Seven. On 26 December 1943 Duke Of York Was Part Of A Taskforce Which Made Contact With The German Battleship Scharnhorst. During The Engagement Which Followed Scharnhorst Hit Duke Of York Twice With Little Effect But Was Herself Hit By Several Of Duke Of York's 14-inch Shells Silencing One Of Her Turrets And Hitting A Boiler Room. After Temporarily Escaping From Duke Of York's Heavy Fire Scharnhorst Was Struck Several Times By Torpedoes Allowing Duke Of York To Again Open Fire Contributing To The Eventual Sinking Of Scharnhorst After A Running Action Lasting Ten-and-a-half Hours. In 1945 Duke Of York Was Assigned To The British Pacific Fleet As Its Flagship But Suffered Mechanical Problems In Malta Which Prevented Her Arriving In Time To See Any Action Before.Vigtige oplysninger
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