HMS Plymouth (F126)

HMS Plymouth underway
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Plymouth
Builder	Devonport Dockyard
Laid down	1 July 1958
Launched	20 July 1959
Commissioned	11 May 1961
Decommissioned	28 April 1988
Identification	Pennant number: F126
Fate	Museum ship from 28 April 1988, Scrapped October 2014
General characteristics
Class and type	Rothesay-class frigate
Displacement	2,150 tons standard 2,560 tons full load
Length	370 ft (110 m)
Beam	41 ft (12 m)
Draught	17.3 ft (5.3 m)
Installed power	30,000 shp (22,000 kW)
Propulsion	Y-100 plant Two Babcock & Wilcox boilers Two English Electric steam turbines Two shafts
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h)
Range	400 tons oil fuel, 5,200 nautical miles (9,600 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement	152, 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 carried	Wasp 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.