Name: | ARGONAUT |
Type: | Sailing Vessel |
Launched: | 1822 |
Completed: | 1822 |
Builder: | Straker & Barras |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 222tonsb, 82.6 x 25.7 x ?ft |
Engines: | None |
Engines by: | n/a |
Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Snow |
Construction: | Wood |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
20/02/1822 | John L, Mary A & Mary Turnbull and George T Fox, South Shields |
04/03/1828 | Anthony Charlton, South Shields |
08/08/1838 | Robert Miller, Monkseaton |
18/10/1854 | John Robertson, North Shields |
25/09/1858 | Sank |
Comments: | 25/09/1858: Foundered 9 miles off Dudgeon Light Vessel |
On a voyage from the Tyne to Rotterdam. All the crew saved. |