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HMS Argonaut (F56)

UK Royal Navy

1966-1993

Towed Array Exocet Leander class

FF · Frigate

Flight Deck:AT
Call Sign:GNZH
Shipyard:Hawthorn Leslie

Timeline

DateEvent
Nov 27, 1964 Laid down
Feb 8, 1966 Launched
Aug 17, 1966 Commissioned
Aug 29, 1970 Port Visit HMD Devonport Ship open to visitors at Plymouth Navy Days 1970. Navy Days 1970
Nov 2, 1970 Deployment MT Grand Harbour / il-Port il-Kbir / Valletta departed Valletta on 29 Oct for Lime Jug, in company with HMS Ark Royal. ENDEX on 15 Nov. Exercise Lime Jug Exercise Lime Jug
1971 Deployment Mozambique Channel off Mozambique channel, enforcing UN sanctions. Beira Beira Patrol
Jan 1974 Deployment departed UK as escort to HMS Fife, Flagship of Task Group 317.1 for 9 month Indian Ocean and Australia group deployment in company with HMS Apollo. HMS Ariadne, HMS Danae and HMS Londonderry, supported by RFA Tarbatness. Returned to HMNB Devonport on 4 Oct.
Feb 1976 Refit Exocet conversion at HMD Devonport and fitted for Lynx operations, completed Jan 1980. Recommissioned 22 Mar 1980. MM38 Exocet single launcher
Aug 28, 1976 Port Visit HMD Devonport present at Plymouth Navy Days 1976. Navy Days 1976
Aug 27, 1977 Deployment HMD Devonport present at Plymouth Navy Days 1977 Navy Days 1977
Jun 1979 Aircraft 702 Sq Lynx HAS.2 XZ256 / 466-AT until c Jan 1982.
Apr 19, 1982 Deployment FK South Atlantic Departed HMNB Devonport for South Atlantic and was joined by her Lynx HAS.2 XZ233, just as she cleared Plymouth Breakwater. Left theatre on 5 Jun 1982. Operation Corporate
Jun 5, 1982 Aircraft swapped Sea Skua fitted Ships Flt Lynx with HMS Cardiff, and returned to the UK with XZ254. Arrived in UK, towards end Jun 1982.
Aug 1982 Refit new sonar array fitted by Nov 1983 towed array sonar Type 2031
Jan 1988 Aircraft 829 Sq Lynx HAS.3 ZD251 assigned as /466-AT short term, until c Mar 1988
Nov 1992 Port Visit present in Egypt, for the 50th anniversary of the second Battle of El Alamein.
Mar 31, 1993 Decommissioned
1995 Fate: scrapped scrapped in Spain