Argos
| Name | Argos |
| Type | Sailing vessel
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| GRT | 26 tons |
| Country |  French |
| Built |
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| Builder |
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| Operator | Jules Anger, Sables d'Olonne
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| History | Master Louis Huguet
See also http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?132560
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U-boat attacks on Sailing vessel Argos
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
| 1 | 15 Feb 1917 | UC 66 (Herbert Pustkuchen) | Sunk | Biscay SW of Sables d’Olonne
| 46° 19'N, 1° 59'W
| Fishing
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| 0
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| Argos, master Chaillou, had just started fishing when shells fired by a submarine 500m away, surrounded the sloop. The fishermen evacuated hastily and as they were boarding a boat, a direct hit made the Argos sink almost immediately. The 5 men then pulled for the coast where they landed safely.
(c/o B. de Maisonneuve)
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Position of attack on Argos
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