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Name: DRAGON
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 10/05/1854
Completed: 08/1854
Builder: Palmer Bros & Co
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 18
Dimensions: 535grt, 442nrt, 162.5 x 26.5 x 15.5ft
Engines: I2cyl (34 & 34 x 26ins), 70hp
Engines by: Palmer Bros & Co, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 25
History:
21/08/1854 General Steam Navigation Co, London
02/09/1880 Sank
Comments: 02/09/1880: Sank after a collision with SUMATRA, 7 nm S of Owers lightship
On a voyage from London to Charonte in ballast


Shields Daily Gazette, Saturday, 04/09/1880