HMS Argenta

HMS Argenta

HMS "Argenta" was a ship of the Royal Navy.

Internment

During the 1920s, the vessel was used as a British military base and prison ship for the holding of Irish Republicans by the British government. This was part of their internment strategy.

By February 1923, under the Civil Authorities (Special Powers) Act 1922 the British were detaining 263 men on the "Argenta". This was supplemented with internment at other land based sites such as Larne workhouse, Belfast Prison and Derry Gaol. Together, both the ship and the workhouse alone held 542 men without trial at the highest internment population level during June 1923.

See also

* HMS Al Rawdah (1911)
* HMS Maidstone (1937)

Further Information

* "Republican Internment And The Prison Ship Argenta 1922" by Denise Kleinrichert


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