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Name: DRAGON
Type: Dredger
Launched: 16/07/1931
Completed: 08/1931
Builder: R & W Hawthorn Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 582
Dimensions: 635grt, 635nrt, 125.0 x 44.2 x 11.3ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: None
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
08/1931 Enterprise de Travaux D’Extension du Port du Havre, France
No further history known
Comments: Ordered as a replacement for the CYCLOPE that foundered on her delivery voyage
See CYCLOPE for a description of her construction


Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair