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Wednesday, 5 September 2018

Dutch screw steam tug Argus 1921-1954



Built by P. Smit Jr., Rotterdam, Netherlands for account of the Internationale Sleepdienst Maatschappij, Rotterdam in 1921. Since 1923 of L. Smit&Co.’s Internationale Sleepdienst. Sunk in a collision with the steamship Damascus on 6 January 1954 on the Nieuwe Maas, Rotterdam, later salvaged and broken up by Frank Rijsdijk, Hendrik Ido Ambacht, Netherlands. Horsepower 400hp. Gross register tonnage 107 ton and as dimensions 24,33 x 5,79 x 2,82 metres.