HMS Plym

Last updated August 09, 2023

Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Plym, after the River Plym:

HMS Plym (1795) was a gunvessel, previously a hired packet brig. She was fitted out in 1795 and sold in 1802.
HMS Plym (K271) was a River-class frigate launched in 1943. She was vaporised in Operation Hurricane, the atomic bomb test in 1952.

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HMS Plym (K271) was a River-class frigate that served in the Royal Navy between 1943 and 1952. The ship was destroyed in the United Kingdom's first nuclear weapon test, Operation Hurricane in 1952.

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