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Name: DRAGON
Launched:
Completed: 1826
Builder: Sunderland
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 43t, 62.7 x 15.0 x 7.4ft; (1845: 65grt, 19nrt);
(1855: 82grt, 52nrt, 65.8 x 21.1 x 7.8ft); (1857: 82grt, 15nrt, 65.0 x 21.5 x 7.0ft)
Engines: 35nhp
Engines By:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 2129
History:
1826 Unknown owner, Sunderland
1843 Unknown owner, Stockton
04/09/1845 Benjamin Huntley, Hartlepool
02/11/1855 Richard Swan, North Shields; registered at Shields
1856 Reported at Constantinople
1859 Sank
Comments: 29/06/1855: On voyage to Constantinople, put into Lowestoft to fix leaks
1863: Register closed
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details