What type of ship is HMS Argyll?
What type of ship is HMS Argyll?
23 Frigate
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.
Where is HMS Argyll based?
Devonport
Devonport-based HMS Argyll will be taking part in the world’s largest test of naval air and missile defences.
What type of ship is HMS Tamar?
River-class offshore patrol vessel
HMS Tamar is a Batch 2 River-class offshore patrol vessel of the Royal Navy. Named after the River Tamar in England, this is the seventh Royal Navy ship to be named Tamar. She is the fourth Batch 2 River-class vessel to be built.
How many crews are on HMS Argyll?
HMS Argyll (F231)
| History | |
|---|---|
| UK | |
| 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) |
Where is HMS Argyll in the Royal Navy?
Argyll is currently based at Devonport Dockyard. It is planned that she will retire in 2023. In 2000, Argyll was part of the Royal Navy task force – Task Group 342.01 – — comprising Illustrious, Ocean, Iron Duke, Chatham, and four RFA ships — that deployed to Sierra Leone during the civil war there.
When did HMS Argyll go to the Persian Gulf?
Argyll completed a six-month deployment to the Persian Gulf protecting two oil platforms, working with the American, Australian and Iraqi Navies from February to August 2005. The ship made a short visit to Boulogne, then to its home port of Inveraray and finally to Liverpool, before undergoing Operational Sea Trials.
When does the HMS Argyll return to Devonport?
On 15 March 2019 the ship returned to HMNB Devonport after a nine-month deployment to Southeast Asia. On 11 September 2019 it demonstrated the use of an autonomous PAC24 unmanned surface vehicle, a modified version of the boat the ship already carries, at the Defence and Security Equipment International 2019 exhibition.
Which is the oldest frigate in the Royal Navy?
She is currently the oldest serving Type 23 frigate in the Royal Navy. Like all of her class she is named after a British dukedom, in this case that of Argyll. HMS Argyll was laid down in March 1987 by Yarrow Shipbuilders at Glasgow, and launched in 1989 by Lady Wendy Levene, sponsored by the Worshipful Company of Paviors.