invasion of Southern France, Operation Dragoon, before seeing duty as an escort carrier flagship. Subsequently, the ship conducted a sweep of the Aegean Sea, sinking a number of small Axis craft, before sailing east to the Indian Ocean, where Argonaut joined the British Pacific Fleet in 1945. After the war, she was laid up on return to the UK in 1946 and saw no further service before being scrapped in 1955. References Bibliography External links HMS Argonaut at naval-history.net World War II cruisers HMS Argonaut at Uboat.net http://www.hmsargonaut.co.uk Dido-class cruisers Ships built on the River Mersey 1941 ships World War II cruisers of the United Kingdom Maritime incidents in December 1942