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Monday, 6 July 2026

Russian minelayer Argun (1923) 1933-1950s

Appearance mid 1950s©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Launched by Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Haverton Hill, England with yard number 48 as the Eldon on 13 September 1923, renamed Japix in 1926, owner in 1929 Continent-Reederi A.G. (Max Morck), Hamburg, Germany, renamed Amur in 1933 and Sergo Ordzhonikdze in 1936, purchased for the Far East on 11 March 1936, converted into a minelayer, renamed Argun on 20 October 1940 and deleted in the 1950s. 

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