| Name: | ARGO |
| Type: | Sailing Vessel |
| Keel: | 18/08/1779 |
| Launched: | 08/06/1781 |
| Completed: | 15/10/1781 |
| Builder: | John Baker & Co |
| Yard: | Howdon Pans |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 892bm, 140.7 x 38.0 x 16.4ft |
| Engines: | None |
| Engines by: | n/a |
| Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Frigate |
| Construction: | Wood |
| Armament: | 44 x 9pdr & 2 x 6pdr guns |
| History: | |
| 15/10/1781 | British Royal Navy |
| 11/01/1816 | Sold |
| No later history known | |
| Comments: | A member of the Roebuck Class of 5th rate frigates |
| 16/02/1783: Captured by two French frigates | |
| 17/02/1783: Recaptured by HMS INVINCIBLE | |
| 11/1793: Armament now 22 x 18pdr & 20 x 12pdr guns; 6 x 24pdr carronades | |
| 09/1809: Armament now 42 x 24pdr guns, 4 x 24 pdr & 6 x 24pdr carronades | |
| 11/01/1816: Sold for £2600 |
Painting of ARGO passing through the Straits by Thomas Buttersworth