HMS York (D98)
1985-2012
DDG · Guided-Missile Destroyer
| IMO: | 4907103 |
| MMSI: | 234642000 |
| Flight Deck: | YK |
| Call Sign: | GBBB |
| Shipyard: | Swan Hunter (Neptune) |
Timeline
| Date | |
|---|---|
| Apr 25, 1979 | |
| Jan 8, 1980 | Swan Hunter (Neptune) at Swan Hunter Neptune Yard, Yard No 111 |
| Jun 21, 1982 | |
| Jun 1, 1985 | 815 Squadron 217 (York) Flt formed with Lynx HAS.2 XZ689/407-YK at RNAS Portland, until c Jun 1986 |
| Aug 9, 1985 | at HMD Rosyth |
| 1986 | Armilla Patrol, then Royal Escort to China Armilla Patrol |
| Jul 1986 | 815 NAS 217 Flt Lynx HAS.3GSM XZ227/407-YK assigned until Apr 1988 |
| Sep 1990 | Persian Gulf Along with HMS Battleaxe and HMS Jupiter, were relieved by HMS Brazen, HMS Cardiff and HMS Gloucester (as part of TG 321.1). Armilla Patrol |
| 1994 | Refit to modernise radars, adding the Type 996 Air Search and Type 1007 Navigation. navigation radar Type 1007 |
| Oct 1995 | assigned 815 NAS 221 Flt Lynx HAS.3SGM XZ228/407-YK, until c Jan 1999 |
| May 2000 | 815 Sq Lynx HMA.8 ZD265 as York Flt / 407-YK by May 2000, until c Mar 2001 |
| Aug 24, 2001 | HMNB Portsmouth Present at IFoS Portsmouth. IFoS 2001 International Festival of Sea 2001 |
| May 16, 2002 |  Mumbai Dockyard to Mumbai, for 4 day visit and to work with INS Delhi. |
| Jan 17, 2003 | to support combat operations in Iraq, completing 17 May 2003. Operation Telic |
| Jul 2005 | left HMNB Portsmouth for a 5 month Far East deployment in support of the Five Powers Defence Agreement. |
| May 2006 | relieved HMS Nottingham on station, as part of eastern Mediterranean anti-terrorism deployment. |
| Jul 2006 |  off Lebanon assisted in evacuation of British nationals from Beirut, during Israel-Lebanon war Operation Highbrow |
| Sep 2006 |  RAF Akrotiri Lynx XZ228 airfreighted to Akrotiri for 219 York Flt/407-YK, assigned until c Jan 2007 |
| Jul 20, 2007 | visited Tyneside |
| May 1, 2009 |  St. Helier Ship Open to Visitors at 2nd Jersey Boat Show in St Helier Marina |
| Nov 30, 2009 |  South Atlantic left HMNB Portsmouth for 7 month deployment to relieve HMS Gloucester as Atlantic Patrol Ship (South). Believed to have Lynx HAS.3GMS ZD264/407-YK embarked. |
| Jun 10, 2010 | returned to HMNB Portsmouth after 7 months as APT(S), having been relieved in theatre by HMS Portland. |
| Feb 11, 2011 |  Benghazi left HMNB Portsmouth for 5 month deployment as Atlantic Patrol Ship (South) but diverted en route on 22 Feb to Mediterranean via Malta to deliver a consignment of Swedish medical aid and equipment to Benghazi (by 2 Mar) and was relieved on station by HMS Westminster, before heading for South Atlantic. Returned to UK 8 Jul 2011. Operation Deference |
| Feb 26, 2011 |  Grand Harbour / il-Port il-Kbir / Valletta entered Malta, with refugees from Libya, prior to departing with humanitarian aid supplies |
| Jun 22, 2011 | visited Bermuda for 2 day stay |
| Oct 17, 2011 | Libyan coast left HMNB Portsmouth to relieve HMS Liverpool off Libya, as part of Operation Unified Protector |
| Dec 2011 | designated Fleet Ready Escort, to deter threats in UK waters. |
| May 5, 2012 | HMNB Portsmouth 📷 at HMNB Portsmouth |
| Sep 13, 2012 | to King George Dock, Hull for final visit prior to decommissioning, and a Freedom of the City of York parade on 15 Sep. |
| Sep 20, 2012 | returned to HMNB Portsmouth for the final time, prior to decommissioning. |
| Sep 27, 2012 | at HMNB Portsmouth |
| Aug 19, 2015 |  Aliaga departed Portsmouth under tow, for scrapping in Turkey Shipbreakers |