HMS Argyll
frigate
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- HMS Argyll
- IMO number
- 8949599
- MMSI
- —
- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- frigate
- Gross tonnage
- 3,500
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 133 m
- Beam
- —
- Year built
- 1991
- Builder
- Yarrow Shipbuilders Limited
- Registered owner
- —
- Operator
- Royal Navy
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About HMS Argyll
The third HMS Argyll is a Type 23 Duke-class frigate. Commissioned in 1991 and prior to her retirement, Argyll was the oldest serving Type 23 frigate in the Royal Navy. Like all of her class she was 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. Argyll was the first Type 23 to be fitted with the new Sea Ceptor missile system. The ship, like her sisters HMS Monmouth, HMS Montrose, HMS Lancaster and HMS Iron Duke, did not receive the new Sonar 2087 upgrade that other frigates of the class subsequently received. Therefore she was regarded as a "general purpose" frigate without the more specialized anti-submarine capability of the other eight ships in the Type 23 fleet.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is HMS Argyll now?
- HMS Argyll has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is HMS Argyll?
- HMS Argyll is a frigate, built in 1991 by Yarrow Shipbuilders Limited. The vessel is 133 m long and has a gross tonnage of 3,500.
- Who owns HMS Argyll?
- HMS Argyll is operated by Royal Navy. Ownership data is compiled from public registries and shown free on Seadar.
- Has HMS Argyll been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for HMS Argyll appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).