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} |} HMS ''Janus'' was the Dutch fifth rate ''Argo'', built at the dockyard of the Amsterdam Admiralty (Naval District), and launched in 1790. captured her on 12 May 1796. The British Royal Navy took her into service as HMS ''Janus''. She was a receiving ship by 1798 and in Ordinary by 1807. The Navy sold her in 1811. ==Capture== HMS ''Phoenix'' was attached to the fleet under Admiral Adam Duncan, operating in the North Sea.〔''United Service Magazine'' (1841), 380.〕 On 12 May 1796 at daybreak the 28-gun and the brig-sloop brought Duncan the news that a Dutch squadron consisting of the 36-gun frigate ''Argo'' and three brigs had departed Flickeroe, Norway, bound for the Texel. Duncan took his fleet to intercept them, sending a squadron the included ''Phoenix'', the 50-gun , ''Pegasus'', and ''Sylph'' northward of the Texel. The British intercepted the Dutch at 5am on 12 May. ''Phoenix'' and ''Leopard'' chased ''Argo'', while ''Pegasus'' and ''Sylph'' made after the brigs.〔〔Allen (1852), p.428.〕 ''Leopard'' eventually fell some way behind, and consequently it was ''Phoenix'' alone that brought ''Argo'' to battle at 8a.m. on 12 May.〔 After twenty minutes of fighting ''Argo'' struck.〔 ''Phoenix'' had one man killed and three wounded; ''Argo'' lost six men killed and 28 wounded.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Janus (1796)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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