HMS Yarmouth (F101)

History
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
Motto	Rex et Jura Nostra (Latin: "Our King and Laws")
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

HMS Yarmouth was the first modified Type 12 frigate of the Rothesay class to enter service with the Royal Navy.

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.^[1] In the last action of the conflict, Yarmouth and HMS Endurance recaptured the South Sandwich Islands.