HMS Ardent (F184)
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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. Ardent took part in the Falklands War, where she was sunk by Argentine aircraft in the Falkland Sound on 21 May 1982.
HMS Ardent
Mk. 82 bomb with tail retarding device, used by the Argentine Navy A4Qs in the attack on Ardent
Gate guardian painted in the colours of 3-A-314, the last A-4Q to attack Ardent at the entrance of Air Club Mar del Plata. The pilot, Lt. Gustavo Marcelo Márquez, killed in action, had been born in this city and was a member of that club.
Type 21 frigate
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The Type 21 frigate, or Amazon-class frigate, was a British Royal Navy general-purpose escort that was designed in the late 1960s, built in the 1970s and served throughout the 1980s into the 1990s.
The Royal Navy frigate HMS Arrow underway (circa 1982)
HMS Amazon during Exercise RIMPAC 86