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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.

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.

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.

Wreck

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

References

1. ^ "ShCh-317". uboat.net. 1995. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
2. ^ "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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