• Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ardent, whilst another two were planned: HMS Ardent (1764) was a 64-gun third rate launched in 1764...
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  • HMS Ardent was a Royal Navy Type 21 frigate. Built by Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd, Glasgow, Scotland. She was completed with Exocet launchers in 'B' position...
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    USS Belknap and HMS Amazon and other ships that had aluminium alloy superstructures. The sinking of the Type 21 frigates Antelope and Ardent, both of which...
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    HMS Antelope was a Type 21 frigate of the Royal Navy that participated in the Falklands War and was sunk by Argentine aircraft. Her keel was laid down...
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  • HMS Ambuscade was a Type 21 frigate of the Royal Navy. She was built by Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd, Glasgow, Scotland. She entered service in 1975. Ambuscade...
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    HMS Hampshire was one of six Devonshire-class armoured cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. She was assigned to...
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    HMS Broadsword was the lead ship and first Batch 1 unit of the Type 22 frigates of the Royal Navy. Broadsword was ordered from Yarrow Shipbuilders on...
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  • (1973) Deyatelnyy, "Active" (1973) Zharkiy, "Torrid" (1975) Bezzavetnyy "Serene" (1978) Retivyy, "Ardent" (1976) Leningradskiy Komsomolets (1976), "Leningrad...
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    HMS Glamorgan was a County-class destroyer of the Royal Navy with a displacement of 5,440 tonnes. The ship was built by Vickers-Armstrongs in Newcastle...
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    Navy personnel, 22 were lost in HMS Ardent, 19 + 1 lost in HMS Sheffield, 19 + 1 lost in HMS Coventry and 13 lost in HMS Glamorgan. Fourteen naval cooks...
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    HMS Ark Royal (pennant number 91) was an aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy that was operated during the Second World War. Designed in 1934 to fit the...
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    HMS Argonaut (F56) was a Leander-class frigate that served with the Royal Navy from 1967 to 1993. She took part in the Falklands War in 1982, sustaining...
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    posted to the destroyer HMS Norfolk in 1979. In 1980 he was promoted to commander and took command of the frigate HMS Ardent, and deployed to the Indian...
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  • (ex-HMS Braid) 1944–1961 L'Escarmouche (F709) (ex-HMS Frome) 1944–1961 Tonkinois (F711) (ex-HMS Moyola) 1944–1961 Croix de Lorraine (F710) (ex-HMS Strule)...
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  • ARA Isla de los Estados (category 1975 ships)
    ARA Bahia Buen Suceso.[citation needed] Isla de los Estados was sunk by HMS Alacrity during the first hours of 11 May 1982 in a surface action north...
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  • HMS Destiny HMS Euryalus Golden Plover HMS Gorgon HMS Hyperion Nautilus – French frigate HMS Onward HMS Phalarope HM Sparrow – sloop HMS Tempest HMS Trojan...
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    bounced off her hull, having failed to arm itself. Two ships were lost: Ardent was hit by bombs dropped by Argentine aircraft on 21 May and consumed by...
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  • Ambuscade, Arrow, Alacrity, Ardent and Avenger – launched from 1971 to 1975 List of frigate classes of the Royal Navy HMS Amazon This set index article...
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    sloop Shark, the 24-gun frigate HMS Hind, the third-rate HMS Sultan under Vice-Admiral Lord Shuldham, and then in HMS Ardent under his uncle's flag. Lord...
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    Loss of HMS Ardent" (PDF). August 6, 1982. pp. 3–4. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 10, 2015. Retrieved September 10, 2021. "HMS Ardent Association"...
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    HMS Calcutta was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy, named after the Indian city of Calcutta. She was part of the Carlisle group of the C class...
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    abandoned, sinking early the next day. Of the British destroyers, HMS Tipperary, Ardent, Fortune, Sparrowhawk and Turbulent were lost during the night fighting...
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    the Hollming shipyard of Rauma, Finland. She was laid down on 24 October 1975 and launched on 20 February 1976, and was delivered on 22 October 1976. She...
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    attacked and sank the nearby aircraft carrier HMS Glorious with its escorting destroyers HMS Acasta and HMS Ardent. Devonshire did not rebroadcast the enemy...
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    general chase ensued. As the British pressed south, Ardent was flanked by HMS Belliqueux and HMS Prince William and soon surrendered. They then took possession...
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  • The vessel could stop from full speed in twice the length of the ship. HMS Ardent was destroyed by Argentinian aircraft in Falkland Sound in May 1982. All...
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    signals from the flagship Venerable, which led the division with HMS Triumph and Ardent close behind. This force was aiming for the Dutch flagship, Vrijheid...
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    HMS Avenger was a Type 21 frigate of the Royal Navy. Built by Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd, Glasgow, Scotland, she was completed with Exocet launchers in 'B'...
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    RFA Olmeda (section 1975)
    27 October. From 6 February 1975, she was deployed to Cyprus, due to the Turkish invasion, to support HMS Tiger and HMS Charybdis, in support of UN Peace...
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    HMS Andromeda was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy. She was built at HM Dockyard Portsmouth. She was launched on 24 May 1967 and commissioned...
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