Registration number 620
Status Archived
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Plymouth in Birkenhead
HMS PLYMOUTH - starboard side looking aft from quay.
HMS PLYMOUTH - with ONYX alongside. Main deck looking aft.
HMS PLYMOUTH - bridge and captain's chair.
Bow view - July 2010
stern - July 2010
deck view - July 2010
deck view - July 2010
Interior view - July 2010
interior view - July 2010
Starboard view
Plymouth in Birkenhead
Plymouth in Birkenhead
Photo Comp 2012 entry: HMS Plymouth - laid up at night

Details

Function Fighting Vessel
Subfunction Frigate
Location Birkenhead
Vessel type Rothesay Class Frigate
Archive reason Disposed
Current use None
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder Admiralty, Devonport
Built in 1959
Hull material Steel
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Propulsion Steam
Primary engine type Steam turbine

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam
40.98 feet (12.50m)
Depth
16.98 feet (5.18m)
Length: Overall
369.77 feet (112.78m)

History

HMS PLYMOUTH was built in 1959 by Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth for the Royal Navy.  She is a steel frigate, no longer in service and currently laid up at Vittoria Dock, Birkenhead and no longer in use as a floating museum.

Sources

Brouwer, Norman J, International Register of Historic Ships, Anthony Nelson, Edition 2, 1993
Souvenir Guide HMS Plymouth and Onyx, Historic Warships Birkenhead
Worth, Jack, Ships Monthly: Rothesay Class Frigates - Part One, pp36-40, April 1987   
Worth, Jack, Ships Monthly: Rothesay Class Frigates - Part Two, pp26-31, May 1987 
Warship World: Ship Preservation HMS Plymouth - Falklands Veteran Warship, Autumn 1990

Own this vessel?

If you are the owner of this vessel and would like to provide more details or updated information, please contact info@nationalhistoricships.org.uk