HMS Argus
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Seven vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Argus, after Argus, the hundred-eyed giant of mythology.
- The first Argus was a 10-gun sloop, originally a French privateer, captured in 1799 and broken up 1811.
- A 36-gun fifth-rate to be named Argus was ordered from Sheerness Dockyward in 1812, but cancelled that same year.
- The second Argus was an 18-gun brig-sloop in service from 1813 to 1827.
- Another 18-gun sloop Argus was laid down at Portsmouth Dockyard in March 1831, then cancelled in June of that year.
- The third Argus was a wooden-hulled paddle sloop launched in 1849 and broken up 1881.
- The fourth Argus was a coast guard vessel launched in 1851, renamed Amelia in 1872 and Fanny in 1889, sold in 1907.
- The fifth Argus was a coast guard vessel launched in 1904, renamed Argon in 1918 and sold in 1920.
- The sixth Argus was an aircraft carrier, originally to be the Italian liner Conte Rosso, purchased in 1917, on harbour service from December 1944, and sold for breakup in 1946
- The seventh Argus is a Royal Fleet Auxiliary aviation training and primary casualty receiving ship purchased in 1984.
Argus was also a later name of the Imogene of 1864.
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