HMS Argus

Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Argus", after Argus, the hundred-eyed giant of mythology:

*HMS|Argus|1799|6 was a 10-gun sloop, originally a French privateer, captured in 1799 and broken up in 1811.
*HMS "Argus" was to have been a 36-gun fifth-rate. She was ordered in 1812, but cancelled that same year.
*HMS|Argus|1813|6 was an 18-gun "Cruizer" class brig-sloop launched in 1813 and sold in 1827. The sale was subsequently cancelled and she was resold in 1828.
*HMS "Argus" was to have been an 18-gun sloop. She was laid down in 1831, but cancelled later that year.
*HMS|Argus|1849|6 was a wooden-hulled paddle sloop launched in 1849 and broken up in 1881.
*HMS|Argus|1851|6 was a coastguard vessel launched in 1851, renamed HMS "Amelia" in 1872, and HMS "Fanny" in 1889. She was hulked in 1899, used as a boom defence vessel from 1902 and was sold in 1907.
*HMS "Argus" was a coastguard vessel launched in 1864 as HMS "Imogene". She was renamed HMS "Argus" in 1884 and was sold in 1903.
*HMS|Argus|1904|6 was a coastguard vessel launched in 1904, renamed HMS "Argon" in 1918 and sold in 1920.
*HMS|Argus|I49|6 was an aircraft carrier, originally laid down as the Italian liner "Conte Rosso". She was purchased in 1916 and launched in 1917. She was on harbour service from 1944 and was sold for breaking up in 1946

Royal Fleet Auxiliary

*RFA "Argus" is a Royal Fleet Auxiliary aviation training and primary casualty receiving ship, previously the container ship MV "Contender Bezant", launched in 1981. She was purchased in 1984 and renamed RFA "Argus" in 1987. She is currently in service.