SS ''Argo'' was a Finnish

Cargo ship A cargo ship or freighter is a merchant ship that carries cargo, goods, and materials from one port to another. Thousands of cargo carriers ply the world's seas and oceans each year, handling the bulk of international trade. Cargo ships are usu ...

that the

Soviet submarine Shch-317 ''Shch-317'' was a of the Soviet Navy. Her keel was laid down by A. Marti in Leningrad on 23 July 1934. She was launched on 24 September 1935 and commissioned on 29 September 1936 in the Baltic Fleet. Service history During the 1942 campaign, ...

torpedoed on 16 June 1942 in the

Gulf of Finland The Gulf of Finland ( fi, Suomenlahti; et, Soome laht; rus, Фи́нский зали́в, r=Finskiy zaliv, p=ˈfʲinskʲɪj zɐˈlʲif; sv, Finska viken) is the easternmost arm of the Baltic Sea. It extends between Finland to the north and E ...

between

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and Utö, Finland.

Construction

''Argo'' was built at the Napier R. & Sons shipyard in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1898. Where she was launched and completed that same year. The ship was long, had a beam of and had a depth of . She was assessed at and had 1 x 3 cyl. triple expansion engine driving a screw propeller. The ship could reach a maximum speed of 8.5 knots and could generate 832 n.h.p.

Sinking

''Argo'' was torpedoed and sunk by the

torpedoed on 16 June 1942 in the

between

and Utö, Finland. The sinking claimed the lives of 9 of her crew and the 14 survivors were rescued by the Swedish merchant ship ''Ulla'', who herself was nearly torpedoed by the same Soviet submarine.

Wreck

The wreck of ''Argo'' lies at ().

References

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