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HMS Yarmouth (F101)

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Career Royal Navy Ensign
Ordered:
Laid down: 29 November 1957
Launched: 23 March 1959
Commissioned: 26 March 1960
Decommissioned: 30 April 1986
Fate: Used as target practice by HMS Manchester 16 June 1987.
Struck:
General Characteristics
Displacement: 2,380 tons
Length: 370 ft
Beam: 41 ft
Draught: 17 ft
Propulsion: Steam turbine
Speed: 30 knots
Range:
Complement: 235
Armament: Two 4.5 inch (110 mm) guns
40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun
Anti-submarine mortars
21 inch torpedoes
Aircraft: One Westland Wasp
Motto: Rex et Dura Nostra (Latin: Our King and Laws)

HMS Yarmouth (F101) was this 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. She was finally decommissioned in 1986.

See HMS Yarmouth for other ships with this name.

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