Name: | DRAGOON |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 01/10/1864 |
Completed: | 11/1864 |
Builder: | Palmer Bros & Co |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 160 |
Dimensions: | 744grt, 579nrt, 200.0 x 28.0 x 17.5ft; (1874: 924grt, 583nrt, 230.0ft) |
Engines: | 90hp; (1873: C2cyl (27 & 54 x 30ins), 120hp) |
Engines by: | Palmer Bros & Co, Jarrow; (1873: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle) |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 49641 |
History: | |
25/11/1864 | Tyne Steam Shipping Company Ltd, Newcastle |
03/09/1888 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 01/10/1864: Launched as ST OSWIN |
1873: Re-engined & lengthened to 230.0ft | |
03/09/1888: Aground near Doel in the River Scheldt & broke her back | |
Subsequently broke in two and wreck was dispersed with explosives |