Hartlepool History Then & Now

Sailing Ship Argosy Lemal

This image of the three masted sailing ship Argosy Lemal in the coal dock was taken from a glass plate negative.

This image must date from 1920/22 when the vessel was owned by Argosy Shipping of Newcastle and traded from the North East ports.

She was sold that year to Australian interests and had loaded 230 tons of coal in Hartlepool for Port Adelaide in June of 1922.

Built in 1917 in Holland, she had a long career being lost with all hands-off Darwin in Christmas 1974, but the wreck was only discovered in 2003.

Source Mail files & Websearch C McLoughlin

Donor : Hartlepool Museum Service

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