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Name: DRAGON
Launched: 10/05/1854
Completed: 1854
Builder: Palmer Bros & Co, Jarrow
Yard Number: 17
Dimensions: 93grt, 13nrt, 85.6 x 16.6 x 8.1ft
Engines: 40nhp
Engines By:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 22575
History:
1854 George & Charles Palmer, Jarrow
24/05/1855 HW Powell et al, Newcastle
11/06/1860 The Admiralty
1867 Guiseppe Brandenburg, Valetta, Malta
1905 Broken up
Comments: 1855: Believed sailed for Constantinople
1860: Purchased for service at Malta
1867: Converted to a ferry