HMS Argonaut (1782)

History
France
Name	Jason
Launched	13 February 1779
Captured	19 April 1782, by Royal Navy
Great Britain
Name	HMS Argonaut
Acquired	19 April 1782
Fate	Broken up, 1831
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	64-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	145177⁄94 (bm)
Length	166 ft 4 in (50.70 m) (gundeck)
Beam	44 ft 8+1⁄2 in (13.6 m)
Depth of hold	19 ft 1 in (5.82 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	64 guns of various weights of shot

HMS Argonaut was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line, in Royal Navy service during the French Revolutionary Wars and the American Revolution. Launched in 1779 as the French ship Jason, she was captured by the British in 1782 and commissioned by them in the same year. After active service against the French, she was converted to a hospital ship in 1804 and permanently moored off Chatham Dockyard. Argonaut was removed from navy service in 1828 and broken up in 1831.