Nine ships of the
Royal Navy
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have been named HMS ''Plymouth'' after the port of
Plymouth in
Devon
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* 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
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purchased in 1689 and broken up in 1730.
* was a 60-gun
fourth rate
In 1603 all English warships with a compliment of fewer than 160 men were known as 'small ships'. In 1625/26 to establish pay rates for officers a six tier naval ship rating system was introduced.Winfield 2009 These small ships were divided i ...
launched in 1708. She was rebuilt in 1722 and broken up in 1764.
* was a 6-gun
yacht
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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 , renamed HMS ''Plymouth'' in 1830, used on harbour service and renamed ''YC 1'' from 1866, and was sold in 1870.
* was a launched in 1959. She was
paid off
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in 1988 and preserved as a
museum ship at
Birkenhead
Birkenhead (; cy, Penbedw) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England; historically, it was part of Cheshire until 1974. The town is on the Wirral Peninsula, along the south bank of the River Mersey, opposite Liver ...
until 2014, then sold for scrap.
See also
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References
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Royal Navy ship names