HMS Plymouth
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Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Plymouth after the port of Plymouth in Devon:
- HMS Plymouth, a 52-gun ship built in 1653 and which foundered in 1705.
- HMS Plymouth, a sheer hulk purchased in 1689 and broken up in 1730.
- HMS Plymouth, a 60-gun fourth-rate launched in 1708 and broken up in 1764.
- HMS Plymouth, a 6-gun yacht launched in 1755 and broken up in 1793.
- HMS Plymouth, an 8-gun transport launched in 1796 and broken up in 1830.
- HMS Plymouth, a yacht launched in 1814 as Admiralty, renamed in 1830 and sold in 1870.
- HMS Plymouth (F126), a Rothesay-class frigate launched in 1959 and preserved as a museum ship at Birkenhead.
[edit] References
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
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