HMS Plymouth Plymouth City Council had expressed an interest in HMS
Plymouth, It had been hoped that the frigate could be berthed at Millbay Docks, but the offer of a berth was withdrawn in January 2007 by
Associated British Ports.
HMS Onyx In May 2006 HMS
Onyx was sold to the
Barrow-in-Furness businessman Joe Mullen, for a reported £100,000 as a 'gift to the people of Barrow'. It left Birkenhead on 13 June 2006 to form the centrepiece of a new heritage museum in
Cumbria. However, with this new museum also running into difficulty, as of July 2014, the
Onyx has since been scrapped.
U-534 On 27 June 2007, the
Merseytravel transit authority announced that it had acquired
U-534 to display at the
Woodside Ferry Terminal. For technical reasons and to facilitate economical transportation to its new site, the vessel was cut into four sections. It will be displayed in this form to allow visitors better access and visibility. Beginning on 10 March 2008, the sections, each weighing up to 240 tonnes, were transported to Woodside by
floating crane over a number of days.
LCT 7074 In October 2014,
LCT 7074 was re-floated and moved to Portsmouth for restoration.
HMS Bronington Remained moored in Birkenhead until, on 17 March 2016, she sank at her moorings. ==References==