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
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:
protected:
war grave:
updates
entered by:
Allen Tony
entered:
23/03/2009
last update:
Pablobini
last update:
03/05/2010
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Pablobini
03/05/2010
On 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 Tony
23/03/2009
The 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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