NO IMAGE AVAILABLE

 ARGONAUGHT

    ARGONAUGHT WAS A VESSEL OF 1,237 TONS.SHE WAS BUILT IN QUEBEC IN 1853.SHE SAILED  FROM LIVERPOOL TO AUSTRALIA ? LEAVING IN JUNE 1859 UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN  WILLIAM WHITE. SHE HAD BEEN CHARTERED BY THE WHITE STAR LINE  FOR THIS VOYAGE FROM GRAVES & CO OF LIVERPOOL

THERE ARE REFERENCES IN 1853/54 TO  AN AMERICAN 'TEA CLIPPER' CALLED ARGONAUT

THERE WAS A VESSEL CALLED ARGONAUT  BUILT IN 1843 AT MEDFORD AND WAS OWNED BY JOHN ELLERTON OF BOSTON

IN 1867 A BARQUE CALLED 'ARGONAUT' A VESSEL OF  752 TONS LEFT BREMEN ON 30TH MAY 1867 FOR NEW YORK CARRYING ABOUT 380 PASSENGERS

THERE ARE REFERENCES TO A VESSEL CALLED ARGONAUT IN 1866

AS THE SPELLING IS DIFFERENT IN ALL CASES THESE VESSELS ARE MOST LIKELY  NOT CONNECTED WITH THE WHITE STAR LINE VESSEL

ARGONAUT / ELVIRA / ARGO

ARGONAUT WAS A THREE MASTED IRON VESSEL BUILT IN 1876 BY BARCLAY CURLE & CO AT GLASGOW.SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 1,488 TONS.

SHE WAS OWNED BY A & J CARMICHAEL OF GREENOCK ( GOLDEN FLEECE INE ) AND USED ON THE WOOL TRADE

IN 1898 SHE WAS SOLD TO FERREIRA ( PORTUGAL ) AND RENAMED ELVIRA

IN 1913 SHE WAS RENAMED ARGO

SHE WAS SCUTTLED BY A SUBMARINE ON 23RD MARCH 1915  

A  VESSEL CALLED ARGONAUT SAILED FROM DARTMOUTH TO SOUTH AUSTRALIA LEAVING ON MARCH 13TH 1878.MOST LIKELY IT'S THE SAME VESSEL AS THE ONE PICTURED ABOVE

I CANNOT CONNECT THIS VESSEL WITH EITHER SHAW SAVILL & ALBION OR THE WHITE STAR LINE - FOR REFERENCE ONLY