''Yarmouth'' was a British merchantman operating on the coast of India in 1782. The French frigate ''Fine'' captured her in June 1782. She went on the serve as a storeship in the squadron under Suffren.

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The captured ''Yarmouth'' in June 1782. She was carrying rice, field artillery, and nine officers for the British Army of Thanjavur garrisoned at Tiruchirappalli. ''Lloyd's List'' simply reported that the French fleet had captured "the Yarmouth Storeship, from Bengal, laden with Stores". In early July 1782, during the run-up to the Battle of Negapatam (1782), Battle of Negapatam, Suffren sent and ''Yarmouth'' to Isle de France (Mauritius), Île de France (Mauritius). After the battle, the rigging of ''Yarmouth'' was used to replace those of French fluyt Salomon (1762), ''Pulvérisateur'' and , which had given theirs to repair the rigging of Suffren's ships of the line. The hull of ''Yarmouth'' was sold at Cuddalore. No information regarding the vessel or her service reached French naval records; she does not appear in Roche.

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* * * {{cite book , first=Jean-Michel , last=Roche , year=2005 , title=Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870 , isbn=978-2-9525917-0-6 , oclc=165892922 , pages=325–6, publisher=Group Retozel-Maury Millau Captured ships Age of Sail merchant ships Merchant ships of the United Kingdom