HMS Argonaut (1782)

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Career (France) French Royal Navy Ensign
Name: Jason
Launched: 1779
Captured: 19 April 1782, by Royal Navy
Career (UK) Royal Navy Ensign
Name: HMS Argonaut
Acquired: 19 April 1782
Fate: Broken up, 1831
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: 64-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1451 tons (1474.3 tonnes)
Length: 166 ft 4 in (50.70 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 44 ft 8½ in (13.6 m)
Depth of hold: 19 ft 1 in (5.82 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 64 guns of various weights of shot

The 64-gun Jason was a ship of the line of the French Navy, launched in 1779.

She was captured by the Royal Navy on 19 April 1782, and commissioned as the third rate HMS Argonaut. She was placed on harbour service in 1797, and eventually broken up in 1831.

Notes

  1. Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 182.

References

  • Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.