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Argo was a French Navy Redoutable-class submarine of the M6 series commissioned in 1933. She participated in World War II , first on the side of the Allies from 1939 to June 1940, then in the navy of Vichy France until November 1942, and finally in the Free French Naval Forces through the end of the war.
In Greek mythology, the Argo (/ ˈ ɑːr ɡ oʊ / AR-goh; Ancient Greek: Ἀργώ, romanized: Argṓ) was the ship of Jason and the Argonauts. The ship was built with divine aid, and some ancient sources describe her as the first ship to sail the seas. The Argo carried the Argonauts on their quest for the Golden Fleece from Iolcos to Colchis.
Argo is a two-masted staysail schooner that measures 112 feet (34 m) overall and accommodates twenty six students and seven professional crew on ocean voyages. [4] Sailing under the Seamester flag, Argo circumnavigates on 90-day college semester-based programs and shorter 21-day and 60-day programs during the northern hemisphere summer.
Argus building the Argo, with the help of Athena. In Greek mythology, Argus (/ ˈ ɑːr ɡ ə s / AR-gəs; Ancient Greek: Ἄργος, romanized: Árgos) was the builder and eponym of the ship Argo, and consequently one of the Argonauts; he was said to have constructed the ship under Athena's guidance. [1]
Argo (1800 ship) was an American schooner that was wrecked in Fiji during January 1800. Argo (1804 ship) was launched in 1802 in France, possibly under another name, and captured c.1804. She became a whaler in the British Southern Whale Fishery and made two complete whale hunting voyages. A US Navy frigate captured her on her third voyage. Argo ...
Abondance (1780 ship) Accomplished Quaker (1795 ship) French submarine Achéron; French submarine Achille; French frigate Aconit (F 713) French frigate Aconit (F65) HMS Acteon (1805) French submarine Actéon; Active (1800 ship) Active (1801 whaler) French ship Adelaide (1699) Adèle (1800 brig) French ship Admirable (1691) French ship Admirable ...
Italian submarine Argo (1936), a submarine of the Italian Argo class; French submarine Argo (Q151), a submarine which served in the French Navy from 1933 to 1946; HMS Argo, five ships of the Royal Navy; Italian ship Argo, a 1971 presidential yacht of the Italian Navy; USCGC Argo (WPC-100), a US Coast Guard patrol boat
The size of Argo ' s crew suggests that she may have made a cruise as a privateer. On the one hand there is no corroborating SAD data from Lloyd's List. On the other, Lloyd's List reported on 29 March 1808 that the "Argo privateer" had sent into Plymouth Concord, from New Orleans. [7] There is no other contemporary Argo with a letter of marque. [1]