The third and current HMS Argyll is a Type 23 ‘Duke’ class frigate. She is currently the oldest serving Type 23 frigate in the Royal Navy. Like all of her class she is named for a British dukedom, in this case that of Argyll. HMS Argyll was laid down in March 1987 by Yarrow Shipbuilders at Glasgow, and launched in 1989 by Lady Wendy Levene, sponsored by the Worshipful Company of Paviors. She was commissioned in May 1991. Argyll is currently based at Devonport Dockyard.
Argyll is the first Type 23 to be fitted with the new Sea Ceptor missile system.
She is scheduled to be withdrawn from service in 2023.