RFA Argus
Launched: 1981
Acquired: February 1982 by the MOD
Commissioned: 1 June 1988
Motto: Occuli Omnium (Eyes Of All)
Nickname: "PCRS","BUPA Baghdad"
Honours and awards: Groix 1795
Ashantee 1873-74
Arctic 1941
Atlantic 1941-42
Malta Convoys 1942
North Africa 1942
She also holds Contender Bezant’s Battle Honour: Falkland Islands 1982.
Badge: Point down Pentagon with Admiralty Crown on the top, a golden peacock surrounded by a blue background.
Displacement: 8,081 tonnes
Length: 175.1 metres (574 ft 6 in)
Beam: 30.4 metres (99 ft 9 in)
Draught: 8.1 metres (26 ft 7 in)
Propulsion: 2 × Lindholmen Pielstick 18 PC2.5V diesels, twin propellers; bow-thruster
Speed: 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement: 80 RFA
50 RN
(Part of the Maritime Aviation Support Force)
137 RN air squadron personnel (When embarked)
200 Nursing and Medical Staff (When the Hospital is activated)
Armament: 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm/85 KAA on GAM-BO1 mountings, 4 × 7.62mm GPMGs, Seagnat chaff launchers
Aircraft carried: Three spots for Westland Sea Kings, CH-47 Chinooks, Westland Merlins, AH-64 Apache or Westland Lynx; can transport Harrier GR7 and GR9 (Although these can operate and take off in their vertical position if required)
Aviation facilities: 1 Aircraft lift from Flight Deck to 4-Deck number 2 hangar, 4x hangars