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HMS Plym (K271)
River-class frigate of the Royal Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Plym.
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Name | Plym |
Namesake | River Plym |
Builder | Smiths Dock Co., South Bank-on-Tees |
Laid down | 1 August 1942 |
Launched | 4 February 1943 |
Commissioned | 16 May 1943 |
Decommissioned | 1952 |
Identification | Pennant number: K271 |
Fate | Destroyed on 3 October 1952 in the Operation Hurricane nuclear bomb test in the Montebello Islands, Western Australia. |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | River-class frigate |
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Length | |
Beam | 36.5 ft (11.13 m) |
Draught | 9 ft (2.74 m); 13 ft (3.96 m) (deep load) |
Propulsion | 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, reciprocating vertical triple expansion, 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW) |
Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Range | 7,500 nautical miles (13,890 km) at 15 knots (27.8 km/h) |
Endurance | 646 long tons (656 t) oil fuel |
Complement | 140 |
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