HMS Plymouth

HMS Plymouth

Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Plymouth" after the port of Plymouth in Devon:

* was a 60-gun ship launched in 1653. She was rebuilt in 1705 with 64 guns, but foundered later that year.
* was a sheer hulk purchased in 1689 and broken up in 1730.
* was a 60-gun fourth-rate launched in 1708. She was rebuilt in 1722 and broken up in 1764.
* was a 6-gun yacht launched in 1755 and broken up in 1793.
* was a transport launched in 1778 and sunk as a breakwater in 1815.
* was an 8-gun transport built in 1786 and sold in 1815.
* was an 8-gun yacht launched in 1796 and broken up in 1830.
* HMS "Plymouth" was a yacht launched in 1814 as HMS "Admiralty", renamed HMS "Plymouth" in 1830, used on harbour service and renamed "YC 1" from 1866, and was sold in 1870.
* was a "Rothesay"-class frigate launched in 1959. She was paid off in 1988 and preserved as a museum ship at Birkenhead.

ee also

*HMS|Plym
*HMS|Plymouth Prize
*HMS|Plymouth Transport

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