HMS Yarmouth (F101)
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| Career (UK) |  |
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| 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 |
| Motto: | Rex et Dura Nostra (Latin: "Our King and Laws") |
| Fate: | Sunk as target practice by HMS Manchester 16 June 1987 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Rothesay class frigate |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Yarmouth.
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.
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