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HMS Argus

Index HMS Argus

Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Argus, after Argus, the hundred-eyed giant of mythology. [1]

11 relations: Aircraft carrier, Alderney Steam Packet Company, Argus Panoptes, Container ship, Fifth-rate, Her Majesty's Coastguard, Isles of Scilly Steamship Company, Mythology, Royal Fleet Auxiliary, Royal Navy, Sloop-of-war.

Aircraft carrier

An aircraft carrier is a warship that serves as a seagoing airbase, equipped with a full-length flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft.

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Alderney Steam Packet Company

The Alderney Steam Packet Company provided shipping services between Alderney and Sark, Guernsey and Cherbourg from 1897 to 1931.

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Argus Panoptes

Argus Panoptes (Ἄργος Πανόπτης) or Argos (Ἄργος) is a many-eyed giant in Greek mythology.

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Container ship

Container ships (sometimes spelled containerships) are cargo ships that carry all of their load in truck-size intermodal containers, in a technique called containerization.

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Fifth-rate

In the rating system of the British Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a fifth rate was the penultimate class of warships in a hierarchical system of six "ratings" based on size and firepower.

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Her Majesty's Coastguard

Her Majesty's Coastguard (HMCG) is a section of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency responsible for the initiation and co-ordination of all maritime search and rescue (SAR) within the UK Maritime Search and Rescue Region.

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Isles of Scilly Steamship Company

The Isles of Scilly Steamship Company (ISSC) operates the principal shipping service from Penzance, in the English county of Cornwall, to the Isles of Scilly, located to the southwest.

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Mythology

Mythology refers variously to the collected myths of a group of people or to the study of such myths.

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Royal Fleet Auxiliary

The Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) is a civilian-manned fleet owned by the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence, whose purpose is to support the Royal Navy to maintain operations around the world.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force.

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Sloop-of-war

In the 18th century and most of the 19th, a sloop-of-war in the Royal Navy was a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Argus

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