| 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