HMS Janus (1796)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Janus.

History
Dutch Navy Ensign Batavian Navy EnsignDutch Republic & Batavian Republic
NameArgo
NamesakeArgo
BuilderAmsterdam Admiralty (Naval District)[1]
Laid down1789
Launched28 January 1790
Great Britain
NameHMS Janus
NamesakeJanus
Acquired1796 by capture
FateSold February 1811
General characteristics [2]
Tons burthen70368⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • Overall: 131 ft 0 in (39.9 m)
  • Keel: 108 ft 0 in (32.9 m)
Beam35 ft 0 in (10.7 m)
Depth of hold11 ft 10+3⁄4 in (3.6 m)
Complement
  • Argo: 237 (at capture)
  • Janus: 215
Armament
  • Argo: 26 × 12-pounder guns + 6 × 6-pounder guns + 4 × brass 24-pounder carronades (at capture)
  • Janus:
    • Upperdeck: 26 × 12-pounder guns
    • QD: 4 × 6-pounder guns
    • Fc: 2 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Janus was the Dutch fifth-rate Argo, built at the dockyard of the Amsterdam Admiralty (Naval District), and launched in 1790. HMS Phoenix captured her on 12 May 1796. The British Royal Navy took her into service as HMS Janus. She was a receiving ship by 1798 and in Ordinary by 1807. The Navy sold her in 1811.

  1. ^ van Maanen, Ron (20 June 2008) "Preliminary list of Dutch naval vessel built or required in the period 1700-1799". Unpublished paper.
  2. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 210.