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&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:HMS_Rhyl_F129.jpg) HMS Rhyl
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Rhyl |
| Builder | HM Dockyard, Portsmouth English Electric Co Ltd, Rugby. |
| Laid down | 29 January 1958 |
| Launched | 23 April 1959 |
| Commissioned | 31 October 1960 |
| Decommissioned | 1983 |
| In service | 1960–1983 |
| Identification | Pennant number: F129 |
| Fate | Scuttled during bad weather whilst being prepared to be sunk as a target, 27 July 1985 |
| Badge | Blue, three anchors conjoined in the centre gold |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Rothesay-class frigate |
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HMS Rhyl was a Rothesay-class or Type 12M anti-submarine frigate of the Royal Navy, launched by Lady Macmillan on 23 February 1959 and commissioned in October 1960. Following Royal Navy service she was scuttled whilst being prepared as a target in 1985.