HMS Argonaut was a Dido-class cruiser of the British Royal Navy which saw active service during the Second World War. Constructed at the Cammell Laird shipyard, Birkenhead, Argonaut was laid down in 1939, launched in September 1941, and formally commissioned into service on 8 August 1942.[1] She saw service in the Mediterranean in 1942, and was badly damaged on 14 December. After being repaired she took part in Operation Overlord, the Normandy Landings, and Operation Dragoon, the invasion of Southern France, before serving as an escort carrier group flagship. After the war she was laid up and scrapped in 1955.
HMS Argonaut is Royal Navy in 1939-1942 built in 11 Dido class one. Initially in the United Kingdom Fleet, and later moved to Gibraltar H fleet settled participated Allies in November 1942 torch operations. It is the United States in 1943 to accept the modification, and then promptly returned the battlefields of Europe, took part in the Normandy landings in 1944 6.6 for the Golden Beach landing Allied troops provide covering fire. In August, it is in this for the Allied landings in French Riviera make fire support. September 1944 to October, it went to the Mediterranean mission, cover the Allies and the Aegean Sea in Greece and other parts of the landing operations. It then joined the Royal Navy Eastern Fleet operations. December 1944 to January 1945, the cover of the British Royal HMS Argonaut carrier task force in the Pacific Sumatra attack. Next, he joined the Royal Navy Pacific Fleet, the Pacific Ocean has been fighting to end the war. In the meantime, it has been responsible for the cover of the Royal Navy Task Battalion 37 overseas and Japanese island of Okinawa operations, outstanding performance. January 1955, HMS Argonaut was disassembled in Newport.