Duke of York (ship)

A number of ships have been named Duke of York after numerous holders of the title of Duke of York (or Duke of York and Albany):

• Duke of York (1716 EIC ship), an East Indiaman that made four voyages for the British East India Company between 1717 and 1731.^[1]
• Duke of York (1780 ship) was built in 1780 at Archangel, and wrecked on 11 September 1787 at New Years Harbour.
• HM hired cutter Duke of York
• HM hired lugger Duke of York
• Duke of York (1817 EIC ship), an East Indiaman that made eight voyages for the British East India Company between 1817 and 1832, and that during her ninth voyage was driven on shore by a hurricane 21 May 1832 and condemned at Calcutta on 6 June.^[2]
• Duke of York (1817 ship), a barque launched in 1817 and wrecked in 1837, but that delivered the first pioneers to South Australia
• TSS Duke of York (1894), built for the London and North Western Railway, sold in 1911, and renamed Peel Castle. She served during World War I as an armed boarding vessel, returned to civilian service in 1919, and was broken up in 1939.
• TSS Duke of York (1935), built for the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, passing to British Railways and in service until sold in 1964. In 1942 the Royal Navy requisitioned her, renamed her Prince of Wellington, and converted her to a "Landing Ship, Infantry (Hand-Hoisting)"; as such she participated in the raid on Dieppe and the Normandy Landings.
• HMS Duke of York, two ships of the British Royal Navy

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