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HMS Duke of York (17)

Battleship of the King George V class


HMS Duke of York as completed.

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeBattleship
ClassKing George V 
Pennant17 
Built byJohn Brown Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd. (Clydebank, Scotland) 
Ordered16 Nov, 1936 
Laid down5 May, 1937 
Launched28 Feb, 1940 
Commissioned4 Nov, 1941 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Sold to Shipbreaking Industries in 1957, arrived at Faslane for scrapping 18 February 1958.

Commanding Officers:
Capt. Cecil Halliday Jepson Harcourt, CBE, RN
15 April 1941 - 29 September 1942

Capt. George Elvey Creasy, MVO, DSO, RN
29 September 1942 - 6 August 1943
CBE 1 January 1943

Capt. Brian Betham Schofield, CBE, RN
6 August 1943 – 9 December 1943

Capt. the Hon. Guy Herbrand Edward Russell, CBE, RN
9 December 1943 – 3 September 1944
DSO awarded on 5 January 1944

Capt. Andrew Dacres Nicholl, CBE, DSO, RN
3 September 1944 - still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List 

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