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V12 - "Argosy" ex "Felicity"(1925)
1925: Built by Woodnutt & Co. Ltd., of St. Helens, Isle of Wight.
1925: V.12 Felicity Solent Class owner ... [did Alfred Westmacott own a share in Felicity, from new?]
1928: Renamed V.12 Argosy
1950 Lloyds Register # 346: ARGOSY ex Felicity II (1925) Solent Sunbeam O.D. Home port Bembridge.
Ratsey sails 1934 & 1935. (No owener details)
1951 Lloyds Register # 373: ARGOSY ex Felicity II (1925), Solent Sunbeam O.D., Home port Bosham.
Ratsey sails 1934 & 1935.
Owner: Norman C. Beaumont, Hathfield House, Monygate Lane, Shepperton, Middx. Member -Bos.
1952 Lloyds Register # 380 - same as 1951
1953 Lloyds Register - same as 1951
1954 Lloyds Register - same as 1951
1961: Argosy (ex Felicity II) Reg # 435, Solent Sunbeam OD, Home Port Bosham.
Owner John R. Beaumont, Gable Cottage, Boughton Hall Avenue, Send, Surrey. [1961 Register pp 35 & 952]
1968: V12 Argosy, Registered Owner, P. H. Chisholm, R.P. Burgoyne. [Lloyds Sail Numbers of Racing Yachts, 1968]
[Note: Same 1968 list includes V24 Fay and V38 Tantivity, both owned by Henry Chisholm, C.B.E. .... the family fleet?]
1964 - 1975 Sir Henry Chisholm C.B.E. was the Solent Sunbeam Class Captain.
1972: V.12 Argosy (1925) owners, P.H. Chisholm, London SW1, and P.R. Burgoyne, Esq., Longford House, Cornwells Bank, Chailey, Sussex.
1999: V12 Argosy (David Bevan-Thomas, Itchenor S.C.) entered The Falmouth Sunbeams 75th Anniversary Championships held 22-27 August. Her hull colour was then Royal Blue.
2000: Account of the rescue of Argosy [as published by the West Sussex Observer]
Account of the rescue of Argosy [as published by the West Sussex Observer]An account of the sinking of Argosy can be found on the Intchenor Sailing Club Website "What is a Sunbeam?" page
Read "SUNK, FOUND & RECOVERED by Roger Wickens