The warship was in the news recently when she used her advanced Artisan radar and Lynx helicopter to locate and monitor the movement of a Russian warship through the English Channel.

Before that the Type 23 frigate completed a successful deployment to the Caribbean and North Atlantic, where she seized £77m worth of drugs from smugglers, assisted Bermuda following Hurricane Gonzalo and hosted a Royal visit.

HMS Argyll was at Glasgow’s King George V docks for a five-day stay from March 6.