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Joseph Smith Engineman RFA Reliance died 29th of July 1915
RFA Argo - Ship Information

RFA Argo

 

Argo-07

 

 

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Official Number:                     124142                                                           

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Builder:                                   John Shearer & Sons

Launched:                               5 October 1906

Into Service:                            1917
Out of service:                         1949
Fate:                                         Broken up

 

Items of historic interest involving this ship: -

 

June 1915  requisitioned by the Admiralty as a decoy vessel and operated in this capacity until 1917, with the names "Lothbury", "Sarusan" and "Stead"

22 January 1917 attacked by a submarine in the North Sea - the U Boat open fire with a gun. The Argo escaped out of range with an increase in speed.

19 December 1917 purchased by the Admiralty

21 July 1919 Stoker George R Graham discharged dead - buried in Portsmouth (Kingston) Cemetery

12 October 1938  Hulk at Rosyth for ammo storage - then moored at Medway and at Fort William.

September 1949 scrapped at Troon

 

 

 
 

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