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HMS Argyll is the longest-serving Type 23 Frigate in the Royal Navy.Find out more about her history, role and crew here.
Commissioned to the Fleet in 1991 HMS Argyll has served nearly 30 years at sea. An extensive refit and capability upgrade saw her emerge in 2017 as one of the most technologically capable Frigates in the Royal Navy.
Argyll was deployed on Operations for much of 2018 and 2019 to the Far East and Arabian Gulf as the first Sea Ceptor Missile fitted Warship. On her return through the Bay of Biscay Argyll rescued 27 Mariners from the burning Ship MV Grande America leading to the award of a Queen’s Gallantry Medal and a Queen’s Commendation for Bravery in the Operational Honours list for 2 members of the Ship’s Company. HMS Argyll was also named ‘Hero Overseas Unit’ at the Sun Military Awards (Millies) for 2020.
HMS Argyll’s Motto – ‘Ne Obliviscarus’ (Lest we forget)
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The ship is currently in UK waters.
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Since returning from a 9 month Operational Deployment in May 19, HMS Argyll has operated in UK waters, conducted high level Defence Engagement activities, including support to the Bournemouth Air show, a visit to Antwerp to commemorate the liberation of the city in 1944 and attended DSEI 2019 where she demonstrated the ability to control Autonomous, unmanned Rigid Hulled Inflatable Boats (RHIBs) through the Ship’s Combat System – a world first.
Following a maintenance period, Operational Sea Training and a 7 month deployment to the Red Sea and Gulf in 2020, Argyll is back at sea around the UK on Maritime Security operations.
A 38-gun frigate began life as the Bonaventure. She was rebuilt frequently over nearly a century, and renamed Argyll just before the Jacobite Rising.
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After working hard during the War of Austrian Succession, she was towed to Harwich and sunk as a breakwater, bringing to an end 98 years of service.
It was 150 years before the name was resurrected in the form of a Devonshire-class armoured cruiser, which entered service in 1905.
Argyll Number Two saw action quickly, capturing a German merchantman only two days into the war.
In October 1915, she ran into Bell Rock near Dundee. None of her 650 crew were lost in the grounding, but the ship was scuttled by salvage experts.
Commissioned in 1991, she has deployed to Sierra Leone during their Civil War in 2000, the Gulf in 2005, as well as conducting counter-narcotics operations.
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