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