HMS Duke of York

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King George V-class battleship Royal Navy warship battleship

HMS Duke of York was a British King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy that served prominently in World War II, including in Arctic convoy operations and the Battle of the North Cape.

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HMS Duke of York canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf King George V-class battleship ⓘ
Royal Navy warship ⓘ
battleship ⓘ
armamentAA multiple 40 mm and 20 mm anti-aircraft guns ⓘ
armamentMain 10 × 14-inch guns ⓘ
armamentSecondary 5.25-inch dual-purpose guns ⓘ
armourBelt up to 15 inches ⓘ
armourDeck up to 6 inches ⓘ
armourTurrets up to 13 inches ⓘ
battleDate_BattleOfTheNorthCape 1943-12-26 ⓘ
beam 31.5 metres ⓘ
builder John Brown & Company ⓘ
class King George V class ⓘ
commanderAtNorthCape Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser ⓘ
commissioned 1941-11-04 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
crewComplement about 1,600 ⓘ
decommissioned 1951-05 ⓘ
displacementFullLoad about 42,000 long tons ⓘ
displacementStandard about 36,700 long tons ⓘ
draught 10.4 metres ⓘ
engagedShip German battleship Scharnhorst ⓘ
fate scrapped ⓘ
flagshipOf Home Fleet ⓘ
homePort Scapa Flow ⓘ
laidDown 1937-05-05 ⓘ
launched 1940-02-28 ⓘ
length 227.1 metres ⓘ
maximumSpeed about 28 knots ⓘ
namedAfter Duke of York ⓘ
notableEngagement sinking of German battleship Scharnhorst ⓘ
operator Royal Navy ⓘ
peaceTimeRole training and fleet duties after World War II ⓘ
pennantNumber 17 ⓘ
powerOutput about 110,000 shp ⓘ
propulsion 4 shafts ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ
scrappedAt Dalmuir ⓘ
scrappedInYear 1957 ⓘ
serviceEntryConflict World War II ⓘ
shipyard John Brown & Company ⓘ
surface form: John Brown & Company, Clydebank
successorRole part of British Pacific Fleet flagship rotation ⓘ
theatreOfOperations Arctic Ocean ⓘ
Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
tookPartIn Arctic theatre of World War II ⓘ
surface form: Arctic convoys

Battle of the North Cape ⓘ
British Pacific Fleet ⓘ
surface form: British Pacific Fleet operations

Operation Leader support ⓘ
Operation Torch ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

German battleship Scharnhorst → engagedShip → HMS Duke of York ⓘ
German battleship Scharnhorst → sunkBy → HMS Duke of York ⓘ
British Pacific Fleet → notableShip → HMS Duke of York ⓘ
Battle of the North Cape → flagship → HMS Duke of York ⓘ
Battle of the North Cape → shipInvolved → HMS Duke of York ⓘ
John Brown & Company → notableWork → HMS Duke of York ⓘ