Kammala wannan jumla: A lokacin rani na 1990, HMS "York" yana aiki a kan wani aiki na yau da kullum a cikin Gulf Persian a matsayin wani ɓangare na Rundunar Rundunar Armilla wadda aka yi ta hanyar jerin jiragen ruwa na Royal Navy a cikin shekaru masu yawa. A ranar 2 ga watan Agustan wannan shekarar, sojojin Saddam Hussein
sun mamaye Kuwait. Maimakon tafiya zuwa Gabas ta Tsakiya da Ostiraliya don jerin ziyarar tashar jiragen ruwa na "waving flag", ta kasance a kan sintiri a cikin Gulf Persian don ƙarin watanni uku. An gudanar da wannan lokacin lokacin da yake cikin teku a kan shirye-shiryen yaki, wanda ya shafi kusan kowa da kowa a cikin jirgin da ke aiki da tsaro (ainihin sa'o'i shida a kan, shida a kashe) a kowane lokaci.