HMS Hardy (F54)

:"This is a page about an individual ship, for general information please see: Blackwood class frigate"HMS "Hardy", Pennant number F54, was an anti-submarine warfare frigate of the "Blackwood" class or Type 14.

She was named, as were the other HMS|Hardy's, after Thomas Masterman Hardy Captain of HMS|Victory at Trafalgar.

HMS "Hardy" was the first Type 14 frigate built, completed on 8th December 1955, by Yarrow. The after 40 mm gun in these ships were removed early in their careers due to hull strengthening problems. Serving mainly in the Londonderry and Portland areas, she paid off to the Standby Squadron August 1977, then, after another short spell operational service at Portland, became a stores accommodation ship in Portsmouth October 1979. She was used as a target for Exocet missiles and was finally sunk, by torpedo, in the Western Approaches 3rd July 1984.