Yarmouth (1782 ship) explained

Yarmouth was a British merchantman operating on the coast of India in 1782. The French frigate Fine captured her in June 1782. She went on the serve as a storeship in the squadron under Suffren.

Career

The captured Yarmouth in June 1782. She was carrying rice, field artillery, and nine officers for the British Army of Thanjavur garrisoned at Tiruchirappalli. Lloyd's List simply reported that the French fleet had captured "the Yarmouth Storeship, from Bengal, laden with Stores".^[1]

In early July 1782, during the run-up to the Battle of Negapatam, Suffren sent and Yarmouth to Île de France (Mauritius). After the battle, the rigging of Yarmouth was used to replace those of Pulvérisateur and, which had given theirs to repair the rigging of Suffren's ships of the line. The hull of Yarmouth was sold at Cuddalore. No information regarding the vessel or her service reached French naval records; she does not appear in Roche.

References

• Book: Cunat . Charles . Charles Cunat. Histoire du Bailli de Suffren . 1852 . A. Marteville et Lefas . Rennes . 447 .
• Book: Demerliac, Alain. La Marine de Louis XVI: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1774 à 1792. 1996. Éditions Ancre. 2-906381-23-3. fr.
• Book: Roche, Jean-Michel . 2005 . Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870 . 978-2-9525917-0-6 . 165892922 . 325–6. Group Retozel-Maury Millau.

Notes and References

1. News: The Marine List. Lloyd's List. 1448. 21 March 1783. 2027/uc1.c3049062?urlappend=%3Bseq=57.