HMS Plymouth (F126)

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.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Plymouth.

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
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
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