March 7 Bergen; launched and named Argo the Future Black Sea Sailor
1868
Captain Kuhnle from Bergen May 17 to Quebec June 21 Passenger list:
1868
June 13 spoken off Brandy Potts,
1868
June 22 Quebec from Bergen, reported 235 passengers
1868
July 11 leaving Quebec for Lough Foyle with dry wood
1868
Aug. 14 Belfast from Quebec
1868
Aug. 29 leaving Belfast for Cardiff
1868
Oct. 7 Queenstown; from Quebec to Troon with loss of jib and sail. Crew overworked
1868
Nov. 5 Liverpool from Quebec
1868
Nov. 22 Table Bay from Cardiff
1869
Jan. 5 leaving Table Bay for Akyab, Capt. Kuhnle
1871
Captain C. L. Gran from Bergen May 14 to Quebec June 26 Passenger list:
The information listed above is not the complete record of the ship. The information was collected from a multitude of sources, and new information will be added as it emerges
The Argo was built at Grams shipyard in Bergen in 1868. Her tonnage was 622 tons gross, and 600 net.
In 1871 the Argo departed from Bergen on May 14 in ballast. She was carrying 1 cabin and 333 steerage passengers. There had been one birth on the voyage. When she arrived the quarantine station at Grosse Īle on June 25th, 2 of the passengers were sick with diarrhoea. She was released from quarantine the same day, and headed on for Quebec. This year the Argo was mastered by Capt. C. L. Gran, and had a crew of 16. [Grosse Isle report, from the Canada Sessional Papers and Passenger list]
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