HMS Argus was launched in 1798 at Bordeaux as Argus. She became a privateer that the British Royal Navy (RN) captured in 1799. She served from April 1803...

named Argus, after Argus, the hundred-eyed giant of mythology: HMS Argus (1799) was a 10-gun sloop, originally a French privateer, captured in 1799 and...

the Spanish renamed her Santa Cecilia. On 25 October 1799, Captain Edward Hamilton, aboard HMS Surprise, cut her out of Puerto Cabello harbour. She was...

Argus was a 16-gun brig of the French Navy, launched in 1800 and broken up at Cayenne in 1807. Argus was a Vigilant-class brig, designated No. 3 in 1799...

1798, March 1 – HMS Sybille captures French frigate Forte. 1799, February 25 – French privateer Democrat captures merchantman Cicero 1799, March 18 – HM...

Point, consisted of the ships of the line HMS Ramillies and HMS Valiant along with the frigates HMS Acasta and HMS Orpheus. Realizing his only chance for...

Swedes), renamed HMS Jarislawiz, re-captured by Russia at the Battle of Vyborg Bay (1790), renamed Yaroslavets ("Ярославец") BU 1799 Riga 16 ("Рига",...

in this status for 7 years eventually being given command of the sloop HMS Argus in July 1821, serving off Halifax, Nova Scotia with a crew of 120 men...

she captured numerous merchant ships and defeated five British warships: HMS Guerriere, Java, Pictou, Cyane, and Levant. The battle with Guerriere earned...

2018. HMS Conqueror HMS Courageous (preserved in North Yard as a museum ship) HMS Sceptre HMS Spartan HMS Splendid HMS Sovereign HMS Superb HMS Tireless...