HMS Argenta
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | SS Argenta |
| Builder | National Shipbuilding Company, Orange, Texas |
| Yard number | 245 |
| Laid down | July 1917 |
| Launched | May 1919 |
| In service | 1919 |
| Out of service | 1921 (cargo) |
| Fate | Sold, 1922 |
| United Kingdom (Royal Navy) | |
| Name | HMS Argenta |
| Acquired | 1922 |
| Out of service | 1925 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1925 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cargo ship / prison ship |
| Tonnage | 3,500 grt |
HMS Argenta (originally the American cargo ship SS Argenta) was a prison ship of the British Royal Navy.