HMS Ardent (F184)
| Career | 
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|---|---|
| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 26 February 1974 |
| Launched: | 9 May 1975 |
| Commissioned: | 13 October 1977 |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Fate: | Sun by Argentine air attack on 22 May 1982. |
| Struck: | |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 3,250 tons full load |
| Length: | 384 feet |
| Beam: | 41' 9" |
| Draught: | 19' 6" |
| Propulsion: | Two Rolls-Royce Olympus gas turbines, plus two Rolls-Royce RM1A Tyne gas turbines for cruising |
| Speed: | 32 knots |
| Range: | 4000 nautical miles at 17 knots, 1200 nautical miles at 30 knots |
| Complement: | 177 |
| Armament: | One Mk8 4.5" gun Two 20 mm Oerlikon guns Four SeaCat SAMs Two Corvus chaff launchers One Type 182 towed decoy |
| Aircraft: | One Westland Wasp when built, refitted later for one Westland Lynx |
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HMS Ardent (F184) was a Royal Navy type 21 frigate, sunk during the Falklands War in the South Atlantic in 1982.
On May 21, 1982 HMS Ardent was badly damaged by bombs from several Argentinian jets while supporting the landing of British troops onto the Falkland Islands. She sank the following day as a result of the damage. Commanded by Cdr Alan West.
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See HMS Ardent for other ships of the same name.
| Type 21 frigate |
| Amazon | Antelope | Active | Ambuscade | Arrow | Alacrity | Ardent | Avenger |
| List of frigates of the Royal Navy |
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