HMS Yarmouth
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Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Yarmouth after the Norfolk town and port of Great Yarmouth:
- HMS Yarmouth was a 50-gun ship launched in 1653 and broken up in 1680.
- HMS Yarmouth was a 70-gun third rate launched in 1695. She was rebuilt in 1709, converted to a hulk in 1740 and sold in 1769.
- HMS Yarmouth 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.
- HMS Yarmouth was a lighter launched in 1798. She was rebuilt in 1810, transferred to the coastguard in 1828 and sold in 1835.
- HMS Yarmouth was a Town class light cruiser launched in 1911 and sold in 1929.
- HMS Yarmouth was a Rothesay-class frigate launched in 1959 and expended as a target in 1987.
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