HMS Argo (1758)

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 HMS Lyme, "with such alterations as may tend to the better stowing of men and carrying for guns."

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

Argo was built to the same design as HMS Carysfort, (pictured)
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Argo
Ordered19 September 1757
BuilderHenry Bird, Rotherhithe
Laid down22 September 1757
Launched20 July 1758
Completed29 January 1759 at Deptford Dockyard
CommissionedOctober 1758
FateBroken up at Portsmouth November 1776
General characteristics
Class and typeCoventry-class sixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen601 59⁄94 bm
Length
  • 118 ft 5.75 in (36.1 m) (gundeck)
  • 98 ft 0 in (29.9 m) (keel)
Beam33 ft 11.5 in (10.351 m)
Depth of hold10 ft 6 in (3.20 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement200
Armament
  • Upper deck: 24 × 9-pounder guns
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 3-pounder guns
  • 12 × 1⁄2-pounder swivels
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