On 25 December a tremendous gale hit Portsmouth and several outward-bound West Indiamen drifted from their anchors. One of them, the Matthew, bound to Jamaica, ran into Argo. In doing so, she carried away Argos top mast and yards. Other West Indiamen came on shore.Naval Chronicle, Vol. 10, p. 516. Captain Thomas Le Marchant Gosselin commanded her briefly in 1804 before taking command of in February 1804.Marshall (1835), Vol. 4, Part 2, p.418.
