HMS YARMOUTH F101

HMS YARMOUTH F101

Class……………………………Type 12 - Rothesay

Builder………………………..John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank

Yard number……………….710

Laid down..………………….29 Nov 1957

Launched….…………………23 Mar 1959

Completed.………………….26 Mar 1960

Propulsion.………………….. 2 shafts driven by English Electric Y100 Geared Steam Turbines with steam supplied by 2 Babcock and Wilcox boilers.

Speed..…………………………30 knots

Range…………………………..4500 nm at 12 knots

Fate…………………………….16 June 1987; Sunk by HMS MANCHESTER as a target.

 

HMS YARMOUTH in 1984 undertaking towing exercises with RFA Grey Rover

 

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