HMS Argyll (1711)
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The HMS Argyll was originally named Bonaventure and was launched at Chatham in 1711. She was a Fourth-rate frigate, with an armament of 50-guns. In 1715, prior to the Jacobite Rising, her name was changed to Argyll. The ship was later rebuilt in 1722-23 and would see much service in home and Atlantic waters. As usual, diplomatic incidents were flaring up with the Spanish, but war would not yet come until 1739, when Argyll was employed in blockade duties.
In 1741, Argyll captured five Spanish coasters and with the assistance of two other warships cut free five captured British warships that were docked in north-western Spain. In 1745 she returned to Britain by way of escorting a convoy and was paid off in 1746. Once peace had been declared between Britain and Spain in 1749, HMS Argyll was towed to Harwich and scuttled as part of a breakwater.
