- HMS Yarmouth (1653)
HMS "Yarmouth" was a 44-gun
Fourth rate frigate of the EnglishRoyal Navy , originally built for the navy of theCommonwealth of England at GreatYarmouth under the 1652 Programme, and launched in 1653. By 1666 her original armament of 44 guns (24-pounders on the lower deck, and a mixture of culverins and demi-culverins on the upper deck) had been increased to 52 guns by the addition of smaller cannon (sakers) on the quarter deck, and by 1677 she carried 54 guns.The "Yarmouth" took part in the
Battle of Lowestoft in 1665, in theFour Days Battle and theSt James's Day Fight in 1666, in theBattle of Solebay in 1672 and in theBattle of Schooneveld andBattle of Texel in 1673. She was broken up in 1680.Notes
References
*Lavery, Brian (2003) "The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850." Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
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