ONE of the remaining historic warships in Birkenhead could have a new home in the town she was named after.

HMS Plymouth had been part of the warship collection in Birkenhead docks, which closed two years ago when it lost its funding.

Other ships, such as the submarine HMS Onyx, which has gone to Barrow, and U534, which will form the centrepiece of an attraction at Woodside, have new homes ready or in preparation.

Argentine forces in South Georgia signed their surrender in the wardroom of HMS Plymouth.

The frigate was one of the first Navy ships to arrive in the South Atlantic after the Argentine invasion.

Yesterday Lord Owen, who as Chancellor of Liverpool University was in the region to hand out degree awards, was taken for a tour.

As MP for Plymouth, and a former minister of the Navy from 1968-70, he had taken great interest in her fate.

He said he hopes to have the ship towed to a temporary berth at Plymouth, leading eventually to a Falklands War museum and memorial there.

Lord Owen said the Falklands conflict had been the “last great naval battle” and added: “It’s absolutely scandalous that there is not a museum to remind people.”