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Name: DRAGON
Type: Fishing Vessel
Launched: 18/10/1906
Completed: 11/1906
Builder: Smith's Dock Co Ltd
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 796
Dimensions: 214grt, 99nrt, 117.8 x 21.5 x 11.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (12, 20 & 32 x 23ins), 52nhp
Engines by: MacColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 123591
History:
11/1906 Mackrill & Sons, Grimsby
12/1927 William J Allen, Grimsby
04/1932 Unknown owners, Aberdeen
09/1932 Broken up
Comments: 1906: Allocated fishing registration number GY201 at Grimsby
11/1914: Requisitioned by the Admiralty as a Minesweeper
Armed with 1 x 6pdr gun
03/1917: Temporarily renamed DRAGON II for the duration
1919: Returned to owners