HMS Yarmouth explained

Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Yarmouth after the Norfolk town and port of Great Yarmouth:

• was a 50-gun ship launched in 1653 and broken up in 1680.
• was a 70-gun third rate launched in 1695. She was rebuilt in 1709, converted to a hulk in 1740 and sold in 1769.
• was a 64-gun third rate launched in 1745. She fought at Cuddalore, Negapatam and Pondicherry and later saw action in the American War of Independence. She was refitted as a 60-gun ship in 1781, used as a receiving ship from 1783 and was broken up in 1811.
• was a lighter launched in 1798. She was rebuilt in 1810, transferred to the coastguard in 1828 and sold in 1835.
• was a light cruiser launched in 1911 and sold in 1929.
• was a launched in 1959 and expended as a target in 1987.

Battle honours

Ships named Yarmouth have earned the following battle honours:

• Lowestoft 1665
• Four Days' Battle 1666
• Orfordness 1666
• Sole Bay 1672
• Schooneveld 1673
• Texel 1673
• Gibraltar 1704
• Velez Malaga 1704
• Marbella 1705
• Finisterre 1747
• Ushant 1747
• Sadras 1758
• Negapatam 1758
• Porot Novo 1759
• The Saints 1782
• Jutland 1916
• Falklands 1982