HMS Yarmouth (F101)

1960-1986

Flight Deck:	YM
Call Sign:	GDDH
Shipyard:	John Brown

Type 12 Rothesay class

Timeline

Date	Event
Nov 29, 1957	Laid down
Mar 23, 1959	Launched
Mar 26, 1960	Commissioned	aka The Duck
Jun 1961	Deployment	off Kuwait, to deter Iraqi intentions Kuwait Operation Vantage
Sep 2, 1961	Deployment	Aden Harbour escorted HMS Victorious from Aden to Singapore, in company with RFA Olna (A216) and RFA Reliant Aden
Dec 1961	Refit	until Jul 1962 at HMD Devonport for refit
Jul 1962	Homeport	Londonderry, NI new base Londonderry, NI Londonderry
Jul 13, 1965		in collision with HMS Tiptoe, SE of Portland during an anti-submarine exercise, damaging her underside.
Aug 1965		HMD Devonport present at Plymouth Navy Days 1965, in repair Navy Days 1965
1966	Refit	until Sep 1968 at HMD Portsmouth to fit Seacat, upgrade electronics and equip for Wasp operations Ready for Wasp Sea Cat
Apr 1968	Aircraft	embarked 829 NAS Wasp XS533 / 456 as Ships Flt.
Nov 15, 1968	Aircraft	Lyme Bay Wasp XS533 829 NAS Yarmouth Flt / 456 ditched in Lyme Bay. Wreck recovered. Accident
Dec 1968	Deployment	Mozambique Channel in Mozambique Channel, enforcing UN sanctions. Beira Beira Patrol
Dec 1968	Aircraft	Dec 1968 assigned 829 NAS Wasp XS564 / 456 as Ships Flt until c Feb 1969
Feb 1969	Aircraft	Feb 1969 assigned Wasp HAS.1 XV624 / 456 as Ships Flt until c Dec 1970.
Jul 1969	Deployment	Mozambique Channel in Mozambique Channel, enforcing UN sanctions. Beira Beira Patrol
Apr 1970	Deployment	Mozambique Channel in Mozambique Channel, enforcing UN sanctions. Beira Beira Patrol
Apr 14, 1970	Deployment	Apollo 13 splashdown secondary to waters off Mauritius as standby for secondary splashdown site for Apollo XIII recovery Apollo 13 recovery Apollo XIII splashdown recovery
Nov 2, 1970	Deployment	Grand Harbour / il-Port il-Kbir / Valletta departed Valletta on 29 Oct for Lime Jug, in company with HMS Ark Royal. ENDEX on 15 Nov. Exercise Lime Jug Exercise Lime Jug
1971	Homeport	HMD Rosyth new base HMNB Rosyth Rosyth
Apr 1971	Aircraft	Assigned 829 NAS Wasp XT442 / 456 as Ships Flt, until Jan 1973.
Feb 1973	Deployment	as Gibraltar guard ship, with Wasp XS544 / 456 embarked Gibraltar
Aug 1974	Refit	HMD Rosyth until May 1975 at HMD Rosyth for refit. Rosyth
Aug 26, 1976	Aircraft	Ships Flt Wasp XS544 / 456 crashed into Firth of Forth during a families day for ships company. Accident
Sep 1976	Aircraft	assigned 829 NAS Wasp XS529 / 456 as Ships Flt until c Nov 1978, once refit was underway.
1978	Refit	until Jan 1981 at HMD Rosyth for refit, re-joining the Fleet in Jun 1981. Rosyth
Mar 1978	Deployment	Portsall Rocks ordered to accident site of Amoco Cadiz, which had run aground on 16 Mar, to assist in cleanup operations. Relieved by HMS Nubian. Environmental
Jan 1981	Aircraft	Jan 1981 re-assigned Wasp HAS.1 XV624 / 456 as Ships Flt until c Jul 1982.
May 8, 1982	Deployment	ordered to tow the seriously damaged HMS Sheffield out of the Total Exclusion Zone but in deteriorating weather, the tow parted on 10 May. Operation Corporate
May 21, 1982	Deployment	Assisted survivors of HMS Ardent in Falkland Sound. Operation Corporate
Jun 18, 1982	Deployment	South Thule in company with HMS Endurance and supported by RFA Olmeda, recovered South Thule. Operation Keyhole
Nov 22, 1982	Deployment	In collision with HMS Minerva off Portland.
Jun 1985	Aircraft	Assigned 829 NAS Wasp XT779 / 456 as Ships Flt, until Aug 1985
Feb 1986	Aircraft	Assigned 829 NAS Wasp XT793 / 456 as Ships Flt, until May 1986.
Apr 24, 1986	Decommissioned
Jun 16, 1987	Fate: sunk	Sunk as a fleet target by HMS Manchester in the North Atlantic. Sunk

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