Dates: 1960 - 1987
HMS Yarmouth (F101) was the first Modified Type 12 frigate of the Rothesay class to enter service with the Royal Navy. From her commissioning in 1960, she performed in numerous roles, including the Falklands War. On 13 July 1965, Yarmouth 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.
She was finally decommissioned in 1986. In 1987 she was towed out to the North Atlantic and sunk by weapons from HMS Manchester in that year’s SinkEx.
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Yarmouth after the Norfolk town and port of Great Yarmouth:
HMS Yarmouth was a 50-gun ship launched in 1653 and broken up in 1680.
HMS Yarmouth was a 70-gun third rate launched in 1695. She was rebuilt in 1709, converted to a hulk in 1740 and sold in 1769.
HMS Yarmouth was a 64-gun third rate launched in 1748. She fought at Cuddalore, Negapatam and Pondicherry and later saw action in the American War of Independence. She was refitted as a 60-gun ship in 1781, used as a receiving ship from 1783 and was broken up in 1811.
HMS Yarmouth was a lighter launched in 1798. She was rebuilt in 1810, transferred to the coastguard in 1828 and sold in 1835.
HMS Yarmouth was a Town class light cruiser launched in 1911 and sold in 1929.
HMS Yarmouth was a Rothesay-class frigate launched in 1959 and expended as a target in 1987.
Forces Reunited Forum Posts involving HMS Yarmouth
" George and anyone else interested!! http://www.immortalia.com/html Plenty of dits of various degrees of bawdiness! Philip, The Holy Ground was one of the Londonderry Squadrons favourites. Frigate squadron led by HMS Yarmouth, the others (I was On HMS Hardy) were type 14 A/S frigates Russell, Grafton,etc. We ran out of Derry. "
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" Hi Sheila. I think that you were better off as a "WREN" "Sheila", as far as I’m concerned, and I must admit that I’m one of the old school of matelots, but even in civvy street I prefer girls or women with some class and some mystery left in them, and I can’t see much ..."
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" Quoting: Doug Welch Hi Sheila. I think that you were better off as a "WREN" "Sheila", as far as I’m concerned, and I must admit that I’m one of the old school of matelots, but even in civvy street I prefer girls or women with some class and some mystery left in them, and I can’t see much ..."
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" Alan, I well remember the stink of the fish when we came to Grimsby on the HMS Yarmouth for a few days. The wind seemed to blow straight from the fish sheds right into our hangar. Even the boys who loved fish got fed up with it all day. The lady that I met when their was also wearing a perfume of ..."
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" Quoting: Colin Hall Roly, all War Graves sites are memorable, for a number of reasons. If you want atmosphere then the the one at Kanchanaburi on the River Kwai will clear your sinuses for ever. There are seats for the tired and weary, and the not so tired like me who just had to sit down ..."
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