| Career (UK) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Yarmouth (F101) |
| 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 |
| Motto: | Rex et Jura Nostra (Latin: "Our King and Laws") |
| Nickname: | 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 |
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 Third Cod War and 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.[1]
She carried out a variety of tasks including shore bombardment, anti-submarine patrols, covert operations and escorting merchant ships to and from the landing area. On the early hours of 23 May 1982, along with HMS Brilliant, she intercepted and shelled the Argentine coaster ARA Monsunen west of Lively Island, which evaded capture by running aground at Seal Cove. After the San Carlos Landings (Operation Sutton), she provided air defence during the Battle of San Carlos for the landing ships in San Carlos Water On the 25 May, she shot down an A4C Skyhawk (C-319USN pic) flown by Teniente Tomás Lucero, with her Sea Cat missile system. Lucero ejected and was recovered by HMS Fearless.[2] During the war she fired over 1,000 shells from her 4.5" guns mostly during shore bombardment and 58 anti-submarine Limbo mortar rounds.
She was decommissioned in 1986, and in 1987 towed out to the North Atlantic and sunk by weapons from HMS Manchester in that year's SinkEx on the 16 June 1987.
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