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| Ship owner = Registered in [[Calcutta]] to Payne & Tyrce<br />
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'''''Argo''''' was built in 1806 at [[Chittagong]], present-day [[Bangladesh]]. She was registered in [[Calcutta]] to Payne & Tyrce. She disappeared in 1814 off the coast of [[Tasmania]] after having been "run away with" by [[convicts]]. <br />
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==Disappearance==<br />
''Argo'', Dixon, master, arrived at [[Port Jackson]] on 22 December 1813 with merchandise from [[Mauritius|Île de France]]. She departed, ostensibly for Île de France, on 14 April 1814.<ref name=ATCJ>{{cite web |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71247621 |title=Arrival of Vessels at Port Jackson, and their Departure |work=Australian Town and Country Journal, Saturday 3 January 1891, p.16 |access-date=21 August 2012}}</ref><br />
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In 1814 ''Argo'' illegally departed [[Hobart]] with thirteen or fourteen convicts on board. It was postulated that this was done with the agreement of the master of the ship, John Poor Dixon. At a special commission held on 3 May 1820, the harbour master of Hobart, [[James Kelly (Australian explorer)|Captain James Kelly]], testified that ''Argo'' was never heard of again. It was presumed that she foundered at sea with the loss of all aboard.{{sfnp|Bateson|1972|p=49}}<br />
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* [[Charles Bateson|Bateson, Charles]] (1972) ''Australian Shipwrecks - vol 1 1622-1850''. (Sydney:AH and AW Reed). {{ISBN|0-589-07112-2}}<br />
* {{cite book|last=Phipps|first=John, (of the Master Attendant's Office, Calcutta)|year=1840|title=A Collection of Papers Relative to Ship Building in India ...: Also a Register Comprehending All the Ships ... Built in India to the Present Time ...|publisher=Scott}}<br />
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