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Yarmouth

HMS Yarmouth

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateThird rate
Guns64 guns
WarsWar of the Austrian Succession, American War of Independence

64-gun ship, at Grenada, Martinique in 1780, the Saintes and the Mona Passage. Already more than thirty years old when the war began. Broken up in 1811.

'Yarmouth' (1745); 'Guadeloupe' (1763) Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Yarmouth' (1745), a modified 1741 Establishment 70-gun Third Rate, two-decker. The forward lines on the body plan and half-breadth Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • Gundeck: 26 × 32-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 18-pounder guns
  • Quarterdeck: 10 × 9-pounder guns
  • Forecastle: 2 × 9-pounder guns
BuilderDeptford Dockyard
Laid down25 November 1742
Launched8 March 1745
CommissionedFebruary 1745
Length160 ft (48.8 m) (gundeck) 130 ft 6 in (39.8 m) (keel)
Complement480

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

8 March 1745

14 May 1747 · War of the Austrian Succession

Piercy Brett

25 October 1747 · War of the Austrian Succession

Charles Saunders

6 July 1779 · American War of Independence

17 April 1780 · American War of Independence

12 April 1782 · American War of Independence

19 April 1782 · American War of Independence

Fate

Survived

Broken up, April 1811