Official Number |
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Builder |
Tonnage |
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D |
Fate |
95956 |
1889 |
Palmers Jarrow, UK |
2792 |
325 |
40.4 |
24 |
Sold 1905
Wrecked 1907 |
Capt Colin McDonald - Master 1897 - 1899 |
The third of Currie's steamers was built by Palmers & Co., in 1889.
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1903 |
Collided with the AUSN's Mildura in Sydney Harbour on 31st July, Argus was run ashore on Goat Island to stop the ship from sinking. The Mildura's master was found to be at fault. |
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1905 |
Sold to Osaka Shosen K K., Osaka renamed Giran Maru |
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1907 |
11.09.1907 - Ran aground and wrecked in Soya Strait, Sorghurd in the China Seas with a load of timber. |
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