HMS Plymouth (F126)

HMS Plymouth underway
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Plymouth
BuilderDevonport Dockyard
Laid down1 July 1958
Launched20 July 1959
Commissioned11 May 1961
Decommissioned28 April 1988
IdentificationPennant number: F126
FateMuseum ship from 28 April 1988, Scrapped October 2014
General characteristics
Class and typeRothesay-class frigate
Displacement
  • 2,150 tons standard
  • 2,560 tons full load
Length370 ft (110 m)
Beam41 ft (12 m)
Draught17.3 ft (5.3 m)
Installed power30,000 shp (22,000 kW)
Propulsion
Speed30 knots (56 km/h)
Range400 tons oil fuel, 5,200 nautical miles (9,600 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement152, later 225, modified to 235[citation needed]
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Electronics (as built):
  • Radar Type 293Q target indication
  • Radar Type 277Q height finding
  • Radar Type 275 fire control on director Mark 6M
  • Radar Type 974 navigation
  • Type 1010 Cossor Mark 10 IFF
  • Sonar Type 174 search
  • Sonar Type 162 target classification
  • Sonar Type 170 attack
  • Electronics (as modified):
  • Radar Type 993 target indication
  • Radar Type 903 fire control on director MRS3
  • Radar Type 978 navigation
  • Type 1010 Cossor Mark 10 IFF
  • Sonar Type 177 search
  • Sonar Type 162 target classification
  • Sonar Type 170 attack
Armament
  • Armament (as built):
  • 1 × twin 4.5in gun Mark 6
  • 1 × 40 mm Bofors gun Mark 7
  • 2 × Limbo A/S mortar Mark 10
  • 12 × 21-in A/S torpedo tubes (removed or never shipped)
  • Armament (as modified):
  • 1 × twin 4.5in gun Mark 6
  • 1 × Sea Cat GWS-20 SAM
  • 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns
  • 1 × Limbo A/S mortar Mark 10
  • 2 × 8-barrel 3in Knebworth/Corvus countermeasures launchers
Aircraft carriedWasp helicopter

HMS Plymouth was a Royal Navy Rothesay-class frigate. In 1982, Plymouth was one of the first Royal Navy ships to arrive in the South Atlantic during the Falklands War.