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HMS YARMOUTH

HMS Yarmouth was the first Modified Type 12 frigate of the Rothesay class to enter service with the Royal Navy. Commissioned in 1960, she was a ship that produced many a good and happy ships company, most of which still, to this day hold a special place in each of their memories. Whilst with the Fleet she performed in numerous roles, and was involved in many high profile events such as on 13 July 1965, she collided with the submarine HMS Tiptoe, 10 miles South East of Portland Bill, Tiptoe survived but had to be repaired at the yards of Cammell Laird. On 9th November 1970 Yarmouth was plane guard for HMS Ark Royal when the carrier was in collision with a Russian "Kotlin" class destroyer. Although we as the Yarmouth crew spent many long hours scouring the dark waters of the Mediterranean searching for survivors it didn't stop Ivan sending two bigger destroyers (Kresta class I think) to shadow us and the Ark Royal as we left Malta following Ark's repairs.

More recently HMS Yarmouth was a part of the Falklands Task Force that sailed To The South Atlantic and came home to a rapturous Welcome from family and friends at Rosyth where she was based. During the Falklands Conflict she was involved in almost every type of hostile action and was forthright in Naval Gunfire Support (NGS), she was always there to assist ships that had taken fire and help get many crew members to safety. there will be much of this web site dedicated to her role in the conflict.

She was finally decommissioned in 1986 and in 1987 she was towed out to the North Atlantic and sunk by weapons from HMS Manchester in that years SinkEx.

Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Yarmouth after the Norfolk town of Great Yarmouth.

• Yarmouth, a 50-gun 608 ton ship launched at Yarmouth in 1653 and broken up in 1680.
• Yarmouth, a 70-gun third rate launched at Harwich on 7 January 1695. Rebuilt in 1709 and converted to a hulk in November 1740, the ship was sold on 11 September 1769.
• Yarmouth, launched at Deptford on 28 December 1748, was a 60-gun third rate (later refitted as a 64-gun) ship that fought at Cuddalore, Negapatam and Pondicherry and later saw action in the American War of Independence. Used as a receiving ship from December 1783 onwards, she was broken up in 1811.
• Yarmouth, was a 106 ton store lighter launched at Yarmouth in 1798. Rebuilt in 1810, the vessel was transferred to the coastguard in April 1828 and sold in August 1835.
• Yarmouth, launched 1911, was a Weymouth-class light cruiser in commission from 1911 until 1929.
• Yarmouth (F101) was a Rothesay-class frigate in commission from 1960 until 1986.