HMS Argyll (F231)
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| Ordered: | September 1986 |
| Laid down: | 20 March 1987 |
| Launched: | 8 April 1989 |
| Commissioned: | 31 May 1991 |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Fate: | Template:Active in service |
| Struck: | hms kent. |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 4,900 tonnes |
| Length: | 133 m (463 ft) |
| Beam: | 16.1 m (52.9 ft) |
| Draught: | 7.3 m |
| Propulsion: | CODLAG (Combined Diesel and Gas); 2 Rolls Royce spey boost turbines 4 GEC Paxman-Valenta diesel engines |
| Speed: | 28 knots, 15 knots on diesel-electric |
| Range: | 7,800 miles at 15 knots |
| Complement: | 185 |
| Armament: | 2 quad Harpoon launchers Vertical Launch Sea Wolf anti-missile system |
| Aircraft: | Lynx HMA8 |
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The third and current HMS Argyll (F231) is a Type 23 'Duke' Class frigate. She was laid down in March 1987 by Yarrow Shipbuilders at Glasgow, and launched in 1989 by Lady Lady Wendy Levene and commissioned in May 1991. Agryll is currently part of the 6th Frigate Squadron based at Devonport Dockyard.
In 2001, Argyll was part of the Royal Navy task force — comprising Illustrious, Ocean, Iron Duke, Chatham, and four RFA ships — that deployed to Sierra Leone, during the civil war there in 2000. Argyll, during those operations, acted as the West African Guardship and remained off West Africa until September 2000. During her deployment, Argyll saved fifty eight lives from drowning. She was relieved by her sister-ship Iron Duke in September.
In 2001, while in the Bay of Biscay, Argyll suffered an electrical fire. Thankfullly the fire was quickly put out by the ship's damage control team, with the ship suffering only minimal damage.
Argyll is currently undergoing Sea Training to prepare for her re-entry back into the fleet, after her second 'Docking Period' in early 2003, in which removing, renewing and fitting new equipment and maintenance was done.
See HMS Argyll for other ships of the name.
| Type 23 frigate |
| Norfolk | Argyll | Lancaster | Marlborough | Iron Duke | Monmouth | Montrose | Westminster | Northumberland | Richmond | Somerset | Grafton | Sutherland | Kent | Portland | St Albans |
| List of frigates of the Royal Navy |