HMS Argonaut

Template:Use dmy dates Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Argonaut after the Argonauts of Greek mythology:

• Template:HMS was a 64-gun third rate, originally the French ship Jason, captured in 1782 in the West Indies and broken up in 1831.
• Template:HMS was a Template:Sclass armoured cruiser launched in 1898 and broken up in 1921.
• Template:HMS was a Template:Sclass light cruiser launched in 1941 and sold in 1955.
• Template:HMS was a Template:Sclass frigate launched in 1966 and broken up in 1995.

Battle honours

Ships named Argonaut have earned the following battle honours:

• Arctic 1942
• North Africa 1942
• Mediterranean 1942
• Normandy 1944
• Aegean 1944
• Okinawa 1945
• Falkland Islands 1982

References

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| last1 = Colledge
| first1 = J. J. 
| author-link1= J. J. Colledge
| last2 = Warlow
| first2 = Ben
| date = 2006
| orig-date = 1969
| title = Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present
| edition = Rev.
| location = London
| publisher = Chatham Publishing
| isbn = 978-1-86176-281-8
| OCLC = 67375475

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