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|comm=Dec, 1905{{Conways1860|p. 71}}
|order=1901-02 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 71}}
|name=Argyll
|launch=3 Mar, 1904{{Conways1860|p. 71}}
|builder=[[Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]]{{Conways1860|p. 71}}
|laid=1 Sep, 1902{{Conways1860|p. 71}}
|fate=Wrecked
|pend=80  (1914){{DittColl|p. 43}}
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==Service and Alterations==
''Argyll'' was completed at Devonport on 30 January, 1906.  By early 1908, she was with the {{UK-CS|1}} of the [[Channel Fleet]],{{NLJan08|p. 279}} underoging a refit from 1 January 1908 to 13 February.<ref>Report from Charles Beresford dated 18 April 1908 in ''Naval Policy - Strategy - Tactics: Miscellaneous papers from Private Office received by record office'' at {{TNA|ADM 116/942}}, unnumbered folio halfway within series.  p. 1.</ref>

That year, she was one of just nine ship equipped with [["C" Tune Gear|"C" Tune wireless equipment]], capable of transmitting (only?) on "S", "U" and "W" tunes.  It was to receive a Service Mark II set in 1909.<ref>ARTS 1908 Wireless Appendix, p. 13.</ref>

The ship re-commissioned at Devonport on 8 February, 1910.  By mid-1911, she was part of the {{UK-CS|5}} with the [[Atlantic Fleet (Royal Navy)|Atlantic Fleet]].{{NLJul11|p. 279}}

''Argyll'' was recommissioned at Devonport on 5 March, 1912.{{NLJul13|p. 280}}  In mid-1913, she was serving with the {{UK-CS|3}}.{{NLJul13|p. 280}}  It was decided at this juncture to purchase a [[Type 9 Wireless Set|Type 9 Cruiser Auxiliary wireless set]] for her.{{ARTS1913|W/T Appendix, p. 13}}

She was involved in some manner of collision on 10 September, 1914.{{KindellROH2|p. 61}}

==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Henry Hodgson Moore|nick=Charles H. H. Moore|appt=27 December, 1905<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 689.</ref>|end=29 January, 1906<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 689.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Hathorn Johnston Stewart|nick=Robert H. Johnston Stewart|appt=30 January, 1906<ref>Stewart Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 619.</ref>|end=20 March, 1906<ref>Stewart Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 619.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Stuart Nicholson|nick=Stuart Nicholson|appt=20 March, 1906<ref>Nicholson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 291.</ref>|end=22 March, 1906<ref>Nicholson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 291.</ref>|note=temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Eustace Anson|nick=Charles E. Anson|appt=24 March, 1906<ref>Anson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 32.</ref>|end=12 March, 1907<ref>Anson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 647.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Reginald Arthur Allenby|nick=Reginald A. Allenby|appt=12 March, 1907{{NLJan08|p. 279}}<ref>Allenby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 47.</ref>|end=24 March, 1909<ref>Allenby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42}}  f. 47.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Foley Lambert|nick=Cecil F. Lambert|appt=24 March, 1909{{NLJan10|p. 279}}<ref>Lambert Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 253/510.</ref>|end=13 December, 1910<ref>Lambert Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 253/510.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Michael Culme-Seymour, Fourth Baronet|nick=Michael Culme-Seymour|appt=24 November, 1910<ref>Culme-Seymour Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}}  f. 477.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 279}}|end=1 May, 1912<ref>Culme-Seymour Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}}  f. 477.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Vivian Henry Gerald Bernard|nick=Vivian H. G. Bernard|appt=1 May, 1912<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 23 April, 1912.  Issue '''39880''', col G, p. 16.</ref>{{NLAug12|p. 279}}|end=22 June, 1914<ref>Bernard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 15.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Charles Tancred|nick=James C. Tancred|appt=22 June, 1914{{NLOct15|p. 392''d''}}|end=28 October, 1915{{HepperLosses|p. 44}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=vessel lost under his command}}
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==See Also==
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==Footnotes==
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