HMS Argo (1758)
| Career (Great Britain) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Argo |
| Ordered: | 19 September 1757 |
| Builder: | Henry Bird, Rotherhithe |
| Laid down: | 22 September 1757 |
| Launched: | 20 July 1758 |
| Completed: | 29 January 1759 at Deptford Dockyard |
| Commissioned: | October 1758 |
| Fate: | Broken up at Portsmouth November 1776 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Coventry-class sixth-rate frigate |
| Tons burthen: | 601 59⁄94 bm |
| Length: | 118 ft 5.75 in (36.1 m) (gundeck) 98 ft 0 in (29.9 m) (keel) |
| Beam: | 33 ft 11.5 in (10.351 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) |
| Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement: | 200 |
| Armament: | Upper deck: 24 × 9-pounder guns Quarterdeck: 4 × 3-pounder guns |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Argo.
HMS Argo was a 28-gun sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. The ship was one of the Coventry class, designed by Sir Thomas Slade as a development of based on the Lyme, "with such alterations as may tend to the better stowing of men and carrying for guns."
She served during the Seven Years' War, at first blockading Dunkirk, before sailing for the far east to take part in the expedition against Manila. In a two hour action on 31 October 1762, the Argo and Edgar Class fourth-rate 60-gun HMS Panther captured the 70-gun Santisima Trinidad, a Spanish galleon loaded with treasure, valued at two million dollars.
References
- Robert Gardiner, The First Frigates, Conway Maritime Press, London 1992. ISBN 0-85177-601-9.
- David Lyon, The Sailing Navy List, Conway Maritime Press, London 1993. ISBN 0-85177-617-5.
- Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714 to 1792, Seaforth Publishing, London 2007. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.
- Argo at Ships of the Old Navy website
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