Argo (1806 Liverpool ship)
Argo was built in France in 1783, possibly under another name. She was taken in prize circa 1806 and sailed as a slave ship. She first appeared in the Register of Shipping in 1806.[1]
Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
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1806 | Thomson | McDowell | Liverpool–Africa | RS; damages repaired 1806 |
History | |
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Name | Argo |
Builder | France[1] |
Launched | 1783[1] |
Acquired | 1806 by purchase of a prize |
Fate | Lost 1806 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 332[1] (bm) |
Complement | 38 |
Armament | 16 × 6-pounder guns[1] |
Captain William Thompson sailed Argo from Liverpool on 10 April 1806, bound for Bonny.[2][3]
In September 1806 Lloyd's List reported that Argo, of Liverpool, Thompson, master, had been lost on the coast of Africa.[4] She had been lost on the Windward Coast; Her crew was saved.[3]
Citations
- RS (1806), "A" supple. pages.
- Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Argo voyage #80345.
- "SHIP NEWS". Lancaster Gazetter (Lancaster, England), 4 October 1806, Volume 6, Issue 277.
- "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4085. 26 September 1806. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
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