HMS Argonaut
Four ships of the
Royal Navy
have been named
HMS
Argonaut
after the
Argonauts
of
Greek mythology
:
HMS
Argonaut
(1782)
was a 64-gun
third rate
, originally the French ship
Jason
, captured in 1782 in the
West Indies
and broken up in 1831.
HMS
Argonaut
(1898)
was a
Diadem
-class
armoured cruiser
launched in 1898 and broken up in 1921.
HMS
Argonaut
(61)
was a
Dido
-class
light cruiser
launched in 1941 and sold in 1955.
HMS
Argonaut
(F56)
was a
Leander
-class
frigate
launched in 1966 and broken up in 1995.