HMS Argo

Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Argo, after the Argo, the ship of Jason and the Argonauts:

HMS Argo (1758) was a 28-gun sixth rate frigate launched in 1758 and broken up by 1776.
was a schooner purchased in 1780 and sold in 1783.
HMS Argo (1781) was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1781. In 1783, she was captured by two French frigates, but was recaptured two days later by HMS Invincible. She was sold in 1816.
HMS Argo (1833) was a 38-gun fifth rate, launched in 1799 as HMS Active. She was converted to harbour service in 1826, was renamed HMS Argo in 1833 and was broken up in 1860.
HMS Argo was a composite screw sloop launched in 1880 as HMS Espiegle. She was used as a boom defence vessel from 1899 and was renamed HMS Argo in 1904. She was sold in 1921.

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