HMS Argyll passed Greenock this morning on her way upriver to the KGV docks in Glasgow. This is her first visit in five years.
She is the longest serving type-23 frigate in the Royal Navy fleet.
Originally built at Yarrows up in Scotstoun she was launched in 1989 and commissioned in 1991.
Last year she completed a successful deployment to the Caribbean where £77 million worth of drugs were seized with her assistance.
Earlier this year she tracked a Russian frigate off the coast of France and monitored her movement through the English Channel.
HMS Argyll, a Type 23 frigate fitted with advanced Artisan radar, used her Lynx helicopter and sensors to locate and monitor the movement of the Russian warship as she returned from a Mediterranean deployment.
HMS Argyll is expected to slip her berth at 11:00 on Tuesday next week.
Thereafter she enters a period of maintenance to repair and enhance systems and the hull.
Approaching Greenock
Passing Greenock Bound for Glasgow
Passing East India Harbour
Glasgow Bound
MOD Police Escort
Lookout
Flags in the Wind
Approaching KGV Docks in Glasgow
Friendly Wave for Glasgow
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