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	HMS Argyll (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In 1906 she was allocated to the 1st Cruiser squadron, which was part of the Channel Fleet, and in 1909 joined the UK Atlantic Fleet as part of the 5th Cruiser Squadron.
		The third and current HMS Argyll (F231) is a Type 23 'Duke' Class frigate and was built by Yarrow Shipbuilders at Glasgow, launched in 1989 by Lady Wendy Levene, and commissioned in May 1991.
		HMS 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.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/h/hm/hms_argyll.html (536 words)

	Paxman History Pages - Paxman and the Royal Navy
		HMS Prince of Wales lost in action in December 1941.
		The only one of her type built, HMS Bristol was commissioned in 1973 and withdrawn from service in 1991.
		HMS Invincible was 'mothballed' in 2005, pending the construction of two new carriers for the Navy.
	www.nelmes.fsnet.co.uk /paxman/paxmanRN.htm (2609 words)

	Britain.tv Wikipedia - Current Royal Navy ships
		HMS Example (P165) on the River Tyne at HMS Calliope, Gateshead
		HMS Archer (P264) and HMS Example (P165) on the River Tyne at HMS Calliope, Gateshead
		HMS Caroline - C class cruiser - now used as a shore establishment, permanently docked in Belfast
	www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=Current_Royal_Navy_ships (271 words)

	Hms_monmouth_(f235) info here at en.1942-mods.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		This way the "HMS Monmouth (F235) HMS Monmouth (F235)" can go where the sun is, stay out of the thunderstorms, and be a focal point wherever your young landscaper HMS Monmouth (F235) is appropriate.
		HMS Gloucester (D96) HMS Edinburgh (D97) HMS York (D98) Type 23 frigates HMS Norfolk (F230) HMS Argyll (F231) HMS Lancaster (F229) HMS Marlborough (F233) HMS Iron Duke (F234) HMS Monmouth (F235) HMS Montrose (F236) HMS Westminster...
		HMS Monmouth (F235) is a Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy.
	en.1942-mods.info /HMS_Monmouth_(F235) (269 words)

	HMS Sutherland (F81) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		HMS Sutherland at Newcastle upon Tyne, September 2004
		HMS Sutherland (F81) is a Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy.
		See HMS Sutherland for other ships of the same name.
	10-year-refinance-mortgage-rate.zhri-msn.com /wiki/HMS_Sutherland_(F81) (70 words)

	Duke Class Frigates Type 23 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Sutherland, Somerset, St Albans, Lancaster, Norfolk, Argyll, Marlborough, Iron Duke, Monmouth, Westminster, Northumberland, and HMS Richmond.
		The submarine (ex HMS Upholder) was handed over to the Canadian Navy at the same base on Saturday 2nd October, before losing power in the Irish Sea only days afterwards.
		One crew member was killed in the incident, and HMS Montrose was sent to escort the submarine back to Faslane under tow.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /duke_class.htm (1752 words)

	Navy News - Ships of the Royal Navy - Type 23 Background (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The first of the class, HMS Norfolk, was ordered from Yarrows in October 1984, with the final three being ordered almost 12 years later, in February 1996.
		HMS Lancaster, the third of the class, was originally given the pennant number F232, but that was changed to F229 as 232 was regarded as unlucky - 232 is the number of the Royal Navy's report form for groundings and collisions.
		HMS Monmouth (F235), Yarrows; November 23, 1991; Sept 24, 1993
	www.navynews.co.uk /ships/type23.asp (2950 words)

	Ships of the Royal Navy - Type 23 Frigate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Another feature of the Type 23 designed as a result of the Falkland's war is a reduced radar signature profile.
		HMS NORFOLK was the first Type 23 to enter service in the Royal Navy, she was commissioned on 1st June 1990.
		The Type 23s are general purpose frigates and so although capable of ASW and air-defence, they are similarly capable of independent action when required.
	www.gillespie.ndo.co.uk /Navy/Type23.htm (518 words)

	HMS Argyll (F231) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Argyll successfully 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 in 2005.
		Argyll sucessfully completed Operational Sea Training and was recently acting guardship for H.M. Elizabeth II on a week sailing on the Hebridean Princess in July 2006.
		Argyll is shortly deploying to Africa commencing early September 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Argyll_(F231) (294 words)

	UK Forces Deployed to Sierra Leone
		HMS Iron Duke returned in March 2003 as part of Operation Keeling.
		We were relieved about (?) 8 weeks later by HMS Richmond, we then continued onto the norforlant exercises, The ships helicopter was getting constant missile lock alarms, and the ships boats were fired upon (accidently) by Nigerian (ecomog) friendly forces.
		Two Fleet Protection Rifle Teams were deployed to HMS Iron Duke and from the ship to Sierra Leone in March 2003 as part of Operation Keeling.
	www.britains-smallwars.com /Sierraleone/forces.html (984 words)

	Devonshire class cruiser (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The second HMS Argyll was launched in 1904 after an absence of an Argyll presence in the Royal Navy for over 160 years.
		The ship displaced over 10,850 tons and had a length of 473 feet, making her slightly longer than the current HMS Argyll (F231).
		Two destroyers, HMS Hornet (1911) and HMS Jackal (1911), assisted in the rescue of the stricken cruisers crew.
	read-and-go.hopto.org /Devonshire-class-cruiser (365 words)

	Warships Magazine - WAR ON TERROR SPECIAL
		The effort to detect possible terrorist activity at sea stretches across the Indian Ocean too, with the British frigate HMS Campbeltown (F86) being among the Allied vessels on surveillance and interdiction duty.
		The Royal Navy Type 23 frigate HMS Portland (F79), which returned to Devonport at the end of July, made two high-profile interceptions in the Gulf.
		Type 23 sister ship HMS Argyll (F231) has taken over from Portland in the Gulf and will be conducting MIOPS until the autumn.
	www.warshipsifr.com /terrorism_special7.html (751 words)

	Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How
		The frigate was initially designed as a light anti-submarine warfare platform, with a Lynx or EH-101 Merlin active dipping sonar helicopter, to replace the frigates of the Leander class.
		HMS Norfolk was the first of the class to enter service, commissioned on June 1, 1990 at a cost of £135.449 million.
		On July 21 2004, in a review of defence spending, Defence Secretaty Geoff Hoon announced HMS Norfolk, Marlborough and Grafton were to be paid off.
	www.irelandinformationguide.com /Type_23_frigate (363 words)

	Pakistan offered three ex
		According to a written answer by Armed Forces Minister Adam Ingram on March 21, Norfolk is to be followed into retirement later this year by HMS Marlborough (F233), and by HMS Grafton (F80) in 2006.
		The next two Type 23 retirements, of HMS Argyll (F231) and HMS Lancaster (F229), are not planned until 2019.
		HMS Iron Duke (F234) is scheduled to be decomissioned in 2020, followed in 2021 by HMS Monmouth (F235), HMS Montrose (F236) and HMS Westminster (F237).
	www.dapss.com /MPI/samples/Vol.15/issue1105x/1105L-pakistan.htm (418 words)

	Warships Magazine - WAR ON TERROR SPECIAL
		The Royal Navy's Fleet Flagship, HMS Royal returned from her second exercise in the Mediterranean in early November and, after a maintenance period in Portsmouth, is due to leave for a timely Far East deployment at the beginning of 2003.
		An RN Mine Counter-Measures group composed of four ships has been exercising with Saudi Arabian naval units and the survey vessel HMS Roebuck (H130), which could be expected to act as their tasking ship in the event of any war, sailed for a Middle East deployment in mid-November.
		However, the grounding of one of them, HMS Trafalgar (S107), in early November, during an exercise off Scotland, threatened to restrict options, although she was not seriously damaged.
	www.warshipsifr.com /terrorism_special8.html (1228 words)

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		The Royal Navy was embarrassed with the loss of the HMS Sheffield to an Exocet during the Falkland Island conflict.
		HMS Sheffield, the lead and name ship of the class was the first to succumb to the daring attacks by the Argentinian Air Force, on the Fourth of May 1982.
		Except for HMS Iron Duke, all of this class are named after Dukedoms, and although these names have come under some criticism for being 'soft' and uninspiring, they are actually far from soft in terms of historical events and figures of importance.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a39943c2753e6.htm (14104 words)

	Type 23
		On 27 January 2005, HMS Westminster re-joined the Royal Navy's fleet after a 12-month refit which provided sonar 2087, SSTD advanced anti-torpedo defense, new infrastructure to operate EH101 Merlin helicopter and a new computerized navigation system.
		On 7 September 2005, the government of the United Kingdom and Chile signed an agreement valued at £135 million for the purchase of three ex-Royal Navy Type 23 frigates for the Chilean Navy.
		The three ships involved in this deal were: HMS Norfolk, Marlborough and Grafton.
	www.deagel.com /pandora/type-23_pm00178001.aspx?p=mn00119001 (260 words)

	Naval News 2005: May - June - PakDef Forums
		He also visited HMS Victory and on arrival, was welcomed by Admiral Sir Alan and Lady West.
		HMS Victory is a ship which had participated in the Battle of Traffalgar.
		The Belgian Navy is also negotiating to acquire two Type 23 frigates, reportedly HMS Marlborough and HMS Grafton, in a deal estimated to be worth £164 million (E240 million / US$309 million), to replace its last two Wielingen class frigates.
	www.pakdef.info /forum/showthread.php?t=6921 (3479 words)

	HMS Argyll (F231) - Free net encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		HMS Argyll (F231) - Free net encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu)
		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.
		Argyll succesfully completed a six-month deployment to the Arabian Gulf protecting two oil platforms, working with the American, Australian and Iraqi Navy from February to August in 2005.
	www.netipedia.com.cob-web.org:8888 /index.php/HMS_Argyll_(F231) (289 words)

	British Warships Volume 1, Post 1950: It's Your History
		HMS Atherstone, Hunt Class Mine Countermeasure Vessel (M38)
		HMS Plymouth, Type 12 Anti-Submarine Warfare Frigate (F126)
		All company or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respecticve owners.
	www.its-your-history.com /British_Warships_Volume_1__Pos.131.0.html (197 words)

	Fleet Air Arm OrBat
		RNAS Yeovilton is the main airbase of the Royal Navy which is also known as HMS Heron.
		The base has a small base flight which operates with three Jetstream T3 aircraft for liaisons and transport duties.
		HMS Endurance might also have Landing Platform Code ED assigned.
	members.chello.nl /m.molen3/mil/9/raf/orbat-faa.htm (837 words)

	Current_royal_navy_ships info here at en.12v-air-compressor.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Patrol vessels HMS Endurance River-class: HMS Mersey
		HMS Tyne Castle- class: HMS Dumbarton Castle Archer-class: HMS Archer
		Miscellaneous Type 82 destroyer: HMS Bristol (Training) C foxy cruiser: HMS Caroline (Shore Establishment) First-rate Ship of the line: HMS Victory (Flagship of the Second Sea Lord)
	en.12v-air-compressor.info /Current_Royal_Navy_ships (836 words)

	ROYAL NAVY DUKE CLASS TYPE 23 FRIGATE STATS
		These include embargo operations using boarding teams inserted from the ship's boats or helicopter, disaster relief work and surveillance operations.
		HMS Norfolk was the first Type-23 Frigate to enter service in the Royal Navy's Surface Fleet on the 1st June 1990, and since then 15 others have also joined the Surface Fleet, with 4 more planned.
		To better assist the Type-23 in its missions it carries a single Merlin Helicopter.
	unsd.macrossroleplay.org /rntype23frigate.html (1476 words)

	Armed Forces - Royal Navy - n3a7 - Naval Vessels - Duke Class Frigates (Type 23) - HMS Argyll - Lancaster - Iron Duke - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Armed Forces - Royal Navy - n3a7 - Naval Vessels - Duke Class Frigates (Type 23) - HMS Argyll - Lancaster - Iron Duke - Monmouth - Montrose - Westminster - Northumberland - Richmond - Somerset - Grafton - Sutherland - Kent - St Albans - Portland
		CODLAG Type system with 2 x Rolls Royce Spey SM1A gas turbines delivering 18,770 shp each.
		For vessels after HMS Westminster (1994) 2 x Rolls Royce Spey SM1C delivering 26,150 shp each
	www.armedforces.co.uk /navy/listings/l0016.html (269 words)

	Google Earth Community: UK frigate HMS Argyll - F231 visiting Amsterdam
		Google Earth Community: UK frigate HMS Argyll - F231 visiting Amsterdam
		The UK frigate HMS Argyll - F231 is visiting Amsterdam.
		Probably to allow the crew a night-out in Amsterdam.
	bbs.keyhole.com /ubb/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/440984/Main/440984 (100 words)

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