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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| ARGONAUT |
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GBR |
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| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1900 |
24/01/1898 |
19/04/1900 |
| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Naval Cruiser
| Steel Screw Steamer 2 masts |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Govan |
Fairfield |
398 |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| / / 11000 disp |
450.0 ft |
69.0 ft |
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27.5 ft |
| Engine builder |
Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Govan |
| Engine detail |
| 2-screw, , 4 cyl TE, 30 Belleville boilers, Coal, 18,000ihp giving 20.75 knots |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| Admiralty |
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| Subsequent owner and registration history |
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| Vessel history |
| First Class Protected Cruiser Diadem Class |
| Remarks |
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| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1921 |
Broken Up 04/09/1921 |
| Disposal Detail |
| Sold 18/5/1920 to Ward, Milford Haven, arriving 4/9/1921 for BU |
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Argonaut wood sheathing
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Argonaut fitting out
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Argonaut
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Argonaut at Gibraltar 1915
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