HMS Argyll (1711-1749)

The ship was originally named Bonaventure and was launched at Chatham in 1711. She was a Fourth-rate frigate, with an armament of 50-guns. In 1715, prior to the Jacobite Rebellion, her name was changed to Argyll. The ship was later rebuilt in 1722-23 and would see much service in home and Atlantic waters. As usual, diplomatic incidents were flaring up with the Spanish, but war would not yet come untill 1739, when Argyll was employed in blockade duties.

In 1741, Argyll captured five Spanish coasters and with the assistance of two other warships cut free five captured British warships that were docked in north-western Spain. In 1745 she returned to Britain by way of escorting a convoy and was paid off in 1746. Once peace had been declared between Britain and Spain in 1749, HMS Argyll was towed to Harwich and scuttled as part of a breakwater.

HMS Argyll (1904-1915)

The second HMS Argyll (1904) was a Devonshire-class armoured cruiser commissioned in 1905. She had a very active career, but in late 1915, Argyll ran aground on the Bell Rock near Dundee. She thankfully suffered no fatalities.

HMS Argyll (1991-present day)

The third and current HMS Argyll (F231) is a Type 23 'Duke' Class frigate commissioned in May 1991. She has been involved in a number of deployments, most successfully during the Sierra Leonean Civil War in 2000.

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