HMS Plymouth: Then & Now HMS Plymouth was built in Plymouth, launched by Nancy, Viscountess Astor in Plymouth, and her home port was Plymouth. During her near three decade career in the Royal Navy, she is most remembered for her service in the Falkland Islands conflict in 1982. HMS Plymouth was one of the first of the British Fleet to arrive in the Islands following the Argentinian invasion and took part, alongside HMS Antrim, Brilliant and Endurance, in the recapture of South Georgia. Despite being badly damaged in an Argentine attack in June 1982, the eventual surrender of the Argentinian forces in South Georgia was signed in her ward room. HMS Plymouth was eventually decommissioned out of the Royal Navy in 1988, and thanks to a campaign by a group of volunteers led by former Plymouth Devonport MP, Dr David Owen (now Baron Owen of Plymouth), she was preserved for the nation and went on display in, yep, you've guessed it - Plymouth. After a short spell on the Clyd