HMS Argus (1904)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Argus.
HMS Argus was a steamship that was built in Scotland in 1904 as a cutter and fishery protection ship for the His Majesty's Coast Guard, and later served in the Royal Navy as HMS Argon. After the First World War she was converted into a passenger ferry, serving first the Isles of Scilly as Peninnis and then in the Channel Islands as Riduna. She was scrapped in England in 1932.
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Builder | Bow, McLachlan & Co, Paisley |
Yard number | 176 |
Launched | 6 December 1904 |
Completed | 1905 |
In service | 1905 |
Out of service | 1931 |
Fate | Scrapped 1932 |
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Tonnage | 224 GRT, 88 NRT |
Length | 130.0 ft (39.6 m) |
Beam | 23.2 ft (7.1 m) |
Draught | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
Depth | 11.5 ft (3.5 m) |
Installed power | 65 NHP |
Propulsion | Triple expansion engine |
Speed | 11+1ā2 knots (21.3 km/h) |
Armament | Two 6-pounder guns[citation needed] |
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