Argo (1800)
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The Argo was an American schooner that was wrecked in Fiji during January 1800.
Owned by Robert Berry it was on its way from China to Sydney when sometime during January 1800 it was wrecked on Argo Reef, south-east of Fiji. It's crew reached Tongatapu where all but two were killed by natives. In 1802 two survivors were rescued.[1]
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- ^ Australian Shipwrecks - vol1 1622-1850, Charles Bateson, AH and AW Reed, Sydney, 1972, ISBN 0 589 07112 2 p30