MV Plassy

Plassy aground, photographed in 1962
History
United Kingdom
Name	Juliet
Namesake	Juliet
Builder	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley
Yard number	669
Laid down	23 May 1940
Launched	2 October 1940
Commissioned	20 Mar 1941
Renamed	Renamed Peterjon in 1947 Renamed Plassy in 1951
Fate	converted to cargo vessel, sold 1947
History
United Kingdom
Name	Plassy (or Plassey)
Namesake	Plassey, County Limerick
Owner	Limerick Steamship Company
Operator	Roycroft Ltd
Port of registry	London
Acquired	1951
Fate	Wrecked on 8 March 1960 53°3.3502′N 9°30.2175′W / 53.0558367°N 9.5036250°W / 53.0558367; -9.5036250
General characteristics [1]
Displacement	545 tons
Length	164.0 ft (50.0 m)
Beam	27.8 ft (8.5 m)
Draught	11.0 ft (3.4 m)
Propulsion	single screw 1941: Triple expansion steam engine, 1 shaft, 850ihp 1947: 8-cylinder 2S.C.SA Diesel
Speed	12.25 knots (22.69 km/h)
Armament	1 × 12 pounder 76 mm (3.0 in) gun 3 × Oerlikon 20 mm AA guns 30 × depth charges

MV Plassy, or Plassey, was a cargo ship in the Irish Merchant Service, operating during the 1950s. It was built as HMS Juliet, a Shakespearian-class naval trawler of the Royal Navy at the start of the Second World War, and sold into merchant service at the end of the conflict. As Plassy it was wrecked in a storm off Inisheer, and is best known as the wreck seen on the foreshore of 'Craggy Island' in the TV comedy, Father Ted.