Nine ships of the Royal Navy and one of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary have been 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 broken up in 1811.
HMS Argus was to have been a 36-gun fifth rate. She was ordered in 1812, but cancelled that same year.
HMS Argus (1813) was an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop launched in 1813 and sold in 1827. The sale was subsequently cancelled and she was resold in 1828.
HMS Argus was to have been an 18-gun sloop. She was laid down in 1831, but cancelled later that year.
HMS Argus (1849) was a wooden-hulled paddle sloop launched in 1849 and broken up in 1881.
HMS Argus (1851) was a coastguard vessel launched in 1851, renamed HMS Amelia in 1872, and HMS Fanny in 1889. She was hulked in 1899, used as a boom defence vessel from 1902 and was sold in 1907.
HMS Argus was a coastguard vessel launched in 1864 as HMS Imogene. She was renamed HMS Argus in 1884 and was sold in 1903.
HMS Argus (1904) was a coastguard vessel launched in 1904, renamed HMS Argon in 1918 and sold in 1920. Renamed Peninnis and operated by the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company from 1920 to 1926. Renamed Riduna and sold to the Alderney Steam Packet Company in 1926. Sent for break-up at Plymouth in 1931.
HMS Argus (I49) was an aircraft carrier, originally laid down as the Italian liner Conte Rosso. She was purchased in 1916 and launched in 1917. She was on harbour service from 1944 and was sold for breaking up in 1946
RFA Argus (A135) is a Royal Fleet Auxiliary aviation training and primary casualty receiving ship, previously the container ship MV Contender Bezant, launched in 1981. She was purchased in 1984 and renamed RFA Argus in 1987. She is currently in service.
the Royal Fleet Auxiliary have been named Argus, after Argus, the hundred-eyed giant of mythology: HMSArgus (1799) was a 10-gun sloop, originally a French...
United Kingdom. There are two carriers, HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales, currently in service. HMS Unicorn was an aircraft repair ship and...
Argus, Argos, or guardian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Argus is the Latinized form of the Ancient Greek word Argos. It may refer to: See Argus...
aircraft carriers. The first ship to have a full-length flat deck was HMSArgus, the conversion of which was completed in September 1918. The United States...
akin to the configuration of the modern vessels, was the converted liner HMSArgus which entered service in 1918. The armoured flight deck was another innovation...
Royal Air Force and Lieutenant, Royal Navy. In 1927, while serving on HMSArgus, he took part in the western military buildup in the Far East when European...
traditional land based aircraft. The first true aircraft carrier was HMSArgus, launched in late 1917 with a complement of 20 aircraft and a flight deck...
Other ships, often liners, were modified to have full flush flight decks, HMSArgus being the first to have such modification begun. Those first faltering...
in 1865. HMS Amelia was previously HMSArgus, a coastguard vessel launched in 1851, renamed HMS Amelia in 1872, HMS Fanny in 1889, used as a boom defence...
the unique identity of the squadron" than for concealment. HMS Spey and most recently HMS Medway River-class offshore patrol vessel has been painted in...
Wasp Callboy (1941) — delivery of Swordfish and Albacores to Malta from HMSArgus Candytuft (1943) — SAS operation to destroy rail bridge between Pesaro...
Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. The first British aircraft carrier was HMSArgus, a converted liner hull. In addition, during the Second World War, the...
base in Germany. The carriers HMSArgus, HMS Furious, and HMS Campania, and the converted cruisers HMS Courageous and HMS Glorious, were to have launched...
of the flagship HMS Euryalus (with Neale on board), HMS Pearl, HMS Perseus, HMSArgus, HMS Coquette, HMS Racehorse and the gunboat HMS Havock. They sailed...
first convoy to the USSR, along with the aircraft carriers HMS Victorious, and then HMSArgus. She would regularly return to escort duties in the Arctic...
000 tonnes HMS Queen Elizabeth HMS Prince of Wales Retired: HMSArgus (1916) - scrapped 1946 HMS Furious (1916) - decommissioned 1945 HMS Vindictive (1918) –...
with a flush deck and produced the first large fleet ships. In 1918, HMSArgus became the world's first carrier capable of launching and recovering naval...
HMSArgus November 1940 - Operation Coat: 3 Fulmars for HMS Illustrious from Ark Royal November 1940 - Operation White: 12 Hurricanes flown off Argus...
and two Blackburn Skua dive bombers, to Malta from the aircraft carrier HMSArgus. White was one of what became known as Club Runs, that supplied fighters...
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