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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.