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| Name | HMS Argyll |
| Operator | Royal Navy |
| Ordered | September 1986 |
| Builder | Yarrow Shipbuilders |
| Laid down | 20 March 1987 |
| Launched | 8 April 1989 |
| Commissioned | 31 May 1991 |
| Homeport | HMNB Devonport, Plymouth |
| Identification | list error: <br /> list (help) Pennant number: F231 International callsign: GACG |
| Motto | list error: <br /> list (help) Ne Obliviscaris "Lest We Forget" |
| Status | in active service |
| Badge |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Type 23 Frigate |
| Displacement | 4,900 t (4,800 long tons; 5,400 short tons) |
| Length | 133 m (436 ft 4 in) |
| Beam | 16.1 m (52 ft 10 in) |
| Draught | 7.3 m (23 ft 9 in) |
| Propulsion | list error: mixed text and list (help) CODLAG:
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| Speed | In excess of 28 kn (52 km/h; 32 mph) |
| Range | 7,500 nautical miles (14,000 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h) |
| Complement | 185 (accommodation for up to 205) |
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| Armament | Template:Type 23 frigate weapon fit |
| Aircraft carried | list error: <br /> list (help) 1 × Lynx HMA8, armed with;
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The third and current HMS Argyll is a Type 23 'Duke' Class frigate. She is currently the oldest serving Type 23 frigate in the Royal Navy. Like all of her class she is named for a British dukedom, in this case that of Argyll. Argyll will be the first Type 23 to be fitted with the new Sea Ceptor missile system.
As of August, 2015 the HMS Argyll's youngest ever Captain has been commissioned as Lieutenant Malcolm McCorquodale aged 23 years and 10 months.
Related images
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HMS Argyll off Senegal, in 2013
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HMS Argyll during Navydays Zeebrugge 2009
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Harpoon anti-ship missiles on Argyll
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4.5 inch Mark 8 naval gun on board Argyll
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Affiliations
- His Grace, The Duke of Argyll
- The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5th Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland
- No. 47 Squadron RAF
- Argyll and Bute District Council
- City of Glasgow
- Worshipful Company of Paviors
- Plymouth Argyle F.C.
- Lady Levene, the ship's sponsor
- HMS Vivid RNR
- Royal Naval Club, Argyll
- Royal Naval Association Stirling
- TS Argyll Irvine & District Sea Cadets
- City of London Sea Cadets
- Kelly College, Devon
- Dollar Academy, Clackmannanshire
- High School of Glasgow
- Argyll Ward, Derriford Hospital
References
- "Royal Navy Bridge Card, February 2009" (PDF). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
- Royal Navy Frigates: Type 23 Frigate, royalnavy.mod.uk
- http://www.adsadvance.co.uk/hms-argyll-upkeep-marks-start-of-type-23-life-extension.html
- Affiliations : HMS Argyll : Type 23 Frigates : Surface Fleet : Operations and Support : Royal Navy
External links
- Royal Navy HMS Argyll (royalnavy.mod.uk)
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