&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:The_G.S.S.S._Company%27s_Steam_Ship_Argo..._Entering_the_Needles_from_Australia_having_performed_the_first_Steam_Voyage_round_the_World_in_121_days_Octr_26th_1853_PAH8982.jpg) The G.S.S.S. Company's Steam Ship Argo, entering The Needles from Australia having performed the first steam voyage around the World in 121 days, 26 October 1853
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Builder | C.J. Mare and Company, Leamouth, London |
| Fate | Wrecked 28 June 1859, Trepassey Bay, Newfoundland |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 1,815 long tons (1,844 t) |
| Length | 254 ft (77 m) |
| Beam | 39 ft (12 m) |
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| Speed | Average speed 10 knots (19 km/h) (steam or sail) |
| Capacity | 210 passengers |
| Complement | 120 |
Argo was an iron screw steamer launched in 1853. She was the first screw steamship to circumnavigate the Earth. (The paddle steamer HMS Driver completed the first steam circumnavigation in 1847.) She was also a Troopship during the tail end of the Crimean War.