HMS Ardent
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Ardent |
Operator | Royal Navy |
Ordered | 17 April 1973 |
Builder | Yarrow Shipbuilders |
Laid down | 26 February 1974 |
Launched | 9 May 1975 |
Commissioned | 13 October 1977 |
Homeport | HMNB Devonport |
Identification | Pennant number: F184 |
Motto | Through fire and water |
Fate | Sunk by Argentine aircraft on 22 May 1982 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Type 21 frigate |
Displacement | 3,250 tons full load |
Length | 384 ft (117 m) |
Beam | 41 ft 9 in (12.73 m) |
Draught | 19 ft 6 in (5.94 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) |
Range |
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Complement | 177 |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × Westland Wasp helicopter, later refitted for 1 × Lynx |
HMS Ardent was a Royal Navy Type 21 frigate. Built by Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd, Glasgow, Scotland.[1] She was completed with Exocet launchers in 'B' position.[2] Ardent took part in the Falklands War, where she was sunk by Argentine aircraft in the Falkland Sound on 21 May 1982.[3]