SS Argo (1898 Napier)

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History

Name	Camperdown (1898-1912) Elisabeth (1912-1919) Odessa (1919-1924) Argo (1924-1942)
Owner	Rederi A/B Ponape
Builder	Napier R. & Sons
Yard number	464
Launched	7 June 1898
Completed	1898
Acquired	1898
Maiden voyage	1898
In service	1898
Identification	OFCD Official number: 891
Fate	Torpedoed and sunk 16 June 1942
General characteristics
Type	Cargo ship
Tonnage	2,513 GRT
Length	98.5 metres (323 ft 2 in)
Beam	13.47 metres (44 ft 2 in)
Depth	6.22 metres (20 ft 5 in)
Installed power	1 x 3 cyl. triple expansion engine
Propulsion	Screw propeller
Speed	8.5 knots
Crew	23

SS Argo was a Finnish Cargo ship that the Soviet submarine Shch-317 torpedoed on 16 June 1942 in the Gulf of Finland between Bogskär and Utö, Finland.^[1]

Construction

Argo was built at the Napier R. & Sons shipyard in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1898. Where she was launched and completed that same year. The ship was 98.5 metres (323 ft 2 in) long, had a beam of 13.47 metres (44 ft 2 in) and had a depth of 6.22 metres (20 ft 5 in). She was assessed at 2,513 GRT and had 1 x 3 cyl. triple expansion engine driving a screw propeller. The ship could reach a maximum speed of 8.5 knots and could generate 832 n.h.p.^[2]

Sinking

Argo was torpedoed and sunk by the Soviet submarine Shch-317 torpedoed on 16 June 1942 in the Gulf of Finland between Bogskär and Utö, Finland. The sinking claimed the lives of 9 of her crew and the 14 survivors were rescued by the Swedish merchant ship Ulla, who herself was nearly torpedoed by the same Soviet submarine.^[1]

Wreck

The wreck of Argo lies at (59°21′N 20°14′E / 59.350°N 20.233°E / 59.350; 20.233).^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "ShCh-317". uboat.net. 1995. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b "SS Argo [+1942]". wrecksite.eu. 12 November 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2020.

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in June 1942
Shipwrecks	1 Jun: HMAS Kuttabul, Malmö 2 Jun: U-652 3 Jun: USS Bunting, Iron Chieftain, Northwestern 4 Jun: Iron Crown, Kaga, Sōryū 5 Jun: Akagi, C.O. Stillman, Hiryū 6 Jun: USS Hammann, Mikuma 7 Jun: Coast Trader, Edith, USS Gannet, USS Yorktown 8 Jun: Agios Georgios IV, Said 10 Jun: Abkhazia, Empire Clough 12 Jun: HMS Grove 13 Jun: Gruziya, Supetar, U-157 15 Jun: HMS Airedale, HMS Bedouin, City of Oxford, HMS Hasty, Thurso, Trento 16 Jun: Argo, HMS Hermione, ORP Kujawiak, Managua, HMAS Nestor, Port Nicholson 17 Jun: HMS Wild Swan 18 Jun: Macdhui 19 Jun: USS S-27, Shch-214, USS YP-389, Nissan Maru 20 Jun: Fort Camosun 21 Jun: HMS P514, HMSAS Parktown 22 Jun: Rio Tercero 23 Jun: USAT Major General Henry Gibbins, Resolute 25 Jun: Yamakaze 26 Jun: Putney Hill 27 Jun: Las Choapas, Tuxpam 29 Jun: Diana, Everalda, Thomas McKean, William Rockefeller 30 Jun: Express, USS Hornbill, HMS Medway, U-158
Other incidents	3 Jun: Luigi Torelli 6 Jun: Luigi Torelli 7 Jun: USS Grayling 9 Jun: Kronprinsen 11 Jun: USS S-28 14 Jun: HMS Liverpool 15 Jun: HMS Newcastle 21 Jun: Strale 26 Jun: Matagalpa
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