HMS Plumper was a later Archer-class gun-brig of the Royal Navy, launched in 1804. The French captured her in 1805 and took her into their Navy under her existing name. Between 1814 and 1815 her name alternated between Plumper and Argus, finally settling on Argus. As Argus she sailed to Senegal in 1816 in company with Méduse, whose shipwreck gave rise to a famous painting. In 1818 Argus was assigned to colonial service. She was condemned in October 1822 at Saint-Louis, Senegal, and struck in 1827.