HMS Plym (K271)

HMS Plym underway on 12 May 1943
History
United Kingdom
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
Displacement	1,370 long tons (1,390 t) 1,830 long tons (1,860 t) (deep load)
Length	283 ft (86.26 m) p/p 301.25 ft (91.82 m)o/a
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
Armament	2 × QF 4 in (102 mm)/40 Mk.XIX, single mounts CP Mk.XXIII up to 10 × QF 20 mm Oerlikon A/A on twin mounts Mk.V and single mounts Mk.III 1 × Hedgehog 24 spigot A/S projector up to 150 depth charges

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.