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HMS Argenta information


History
HMS ArgentaUnited States
NameSS Argenta
BuilderNational Shipbuilding Company, Orange, Texas
Yard number245
Laid downJuly 1917
LaunchedMay 1919
In service1919
Out of service1921 (cargo)
FateSold, 1922
HMS ArgentaUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Argenta
Acquired1922
Out of service1925
FateScrapped 1925
General characteristics
TypeCargo ship / Prison ship
Tonnage3,500 grt

HMS Argenta (originally the American cargo ship SS Argenta) was a prison ship of the British Royal Navy.

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