HMS Yarmouth (F101)
HMS Yarmouth was the first modified Type 12 frigate of the Rothesay class to enter service with the Royal Navy.
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Yarmouth |
| Operator | Royal Navy |
| Builder | John Brown & Company |
| Laid down | 29 November 1957 |
| Launched | 23 March 1959 |
| Commissioned | 26 March 1960 |
| Decommissioned | 30 April 1986 |
| Homeport | Rosyth, Scotland |
| Identification | Pennant number: F101 |
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| Nickname(s) | The Fighting 101, The Crazy 'Y', The Rubber Duck |
| Fate | Sunk as target practice by HMS Manchester 16 June 1987 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Rothesay-class frigate |
| Displacement | 2800 tons |
| Armament | 2 x 4.5 inch (113 mm) Mark 6 guns, 1 x quad Seacat SAM launcher, 1 x Limbo mortar, 2 x 20 mm Oerlikon guns |
She was rammed in the Third Cod War by the Icelandic gunboat Baldur and had to limp away from the patrol area for repairs.
During the Falklands War, Yarmouth took part in the only encounter between armed ships of the war, when she and HMS Brilliant shelled the Argentine coaster ARA Monsunen. In the last action of the conflict, Yarmouth and HMS Endurance recaptured the South Sandwich Islands.
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