HMS Argus (1904)
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| Builder | Bow, McLachlan & Co, Paisley |
| Yard number | 176 |
| Launched | 6 December 1904 |
| Completed | 1905 |
| In service | 1905 |
| Out of service | 1931 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1932 |
| General characteristics | |
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| Tonnage | 224 GRT, 88 NRT |
| Length | 130.0 ft (39.6 m) |
| Beam | 23.2 ft (7.1 m) |
| Draught | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
| Depth | 11.5 ft (3.5 m) |
| Installed power | 65 NHP |
| Propulsion | Triple expansion engine |
| Speed | 11+1⁄2 knots (21.3 km/h) |
| Armament | Two 6-pounder guns |
HMS Argus was a steamship that was built in Scotland in 1904 as a cutter and fishery protection ship for the His Majesty's Coast Guard, and later served in the Royal Navy as HMS Argon. After the First World War she was converted into a passenger ferry, serving first the Isles of Scilly as Peninnis and then in the Channel Islands as Riduna. She was scrapped in England in 1932.