MV Argo (+1948) WRECK

MV Argo (+1948) WRECK

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MV Argo (+1948)

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nationality:

norwegian
purpose: transport
type: cargo
propulsion: motor vessel
date built: 1942
status:
live live
details
weight (tons): 507  grt
dimensions: 46,8 x 8,4 x 4,3 m
engine: diesel engine Mirrless 500 BHK
armament: none
power:  
speed:  
about the loss
cause lost: mine
date lost: 27/01/1948  [dd/mm/yyyy]
casualties: 11
about people
builder:
George T. Davie & Sons Shipbuilding & Repairing Co., Lauzon (Quebec)
last owner:
[1]Anglo D/S A/S
MV Argo
period: 1946 ~ 1948
prev. owners:
[2]British Royal Navy
HMS Flint
period: 1942 ~ 1946
captain: Svensbo
complement: 12
about the wreck
depth: 48 max. / 41 min. (m)
orientation:
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updates
entered by: Allen Tony
entered: 23/03/2009
last update: Pablobini
last update: 03/05/2010
 
 
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Pablobini03/05/2010On the way from Venice to Rijeka, hitting a mine around 13:00 and sank south of the Black points. . Accidents occurred in minskome field commander because the decision to sail in this area without a pilot. Of the 12 crew members rescued only one sailor Nils Mikalsen from Hovlanda, aged 25 years. " Sank the horrific explosion, so strong that it is separate in two parts that are sunken in a distance of fifty meters.
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Allen Tony23/03/2009The Norwegian motorship Argo MV struck a mine and sank on January 27th, 1948, in the Kvarner Channel in the Adriatic. Only one survived of her crew of 12.

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