HMS Argo (1758)
(For other ships with the same name, see HMS Argo.) 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 the Lyme, "with such alterations as may tend to the better stowing of men and carrying for guns." She took part in the expedition against Manila. In a two-hour action on 31 October 1762, the Argo and Edgar Class fourth-rate 60-gun HMS Panther captured the Santisima Trinidad, a Spanish galleon loaded with cargo valued at $1.5 million.
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HMS Argo (1758)
(For other ships with the same name, see HMS Argo.) 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 the Lyme, "with such alterations as may tend to the better stowing of men and carrying for guns." She took part in the expedition against Manila. In a two-hour action on 31 October 1762, the Argo and Edgar Class fourth-rate 60-gun HMS Panther captured the Santisima Trinidad, a Spanish galleon loaded with cargo valued at $1.5 million.
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1759-01-29
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1757-09-22
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3,59664e+1
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1757-09-19
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1,00584e+1
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1758-07-20
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Broken up at Portsmouth November 1776
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*Upper deck: 24 × 9-pounder guns
*Quarterdeck: 4 × 3-pounder guns
*12 × -pounder swivels
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