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Name: ARGOS
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 08/06/1868
Completed: 07/1868
Builder: Andrew Leslie & Co
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 98
Dimensions: 172grt, 109nrt, 129.4 x 20.1 x 9.8ft; (1873: 241grt, 178nrt, 165.2ft)
Engines: 2cyl (27 & 27 x 18ins), 50hp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 60839
History:
09/07/1868 Jules Gaudet, London
1874 The Gaudet Frères London & Paris Steam Ship Co Ltd, London
by 1878 Edward J Hough, London
by 1884 Argos Steam Ship Co Ltd, Liverpool
by 1888 Nicholas Rundell, Liverpool
1889 Broken up
Comments: 1873: Lengthened to 165.2ft
1889: Register closed as already broken up