DRAGOON
Shipbuildervessel built by
John Lewis & Sons
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1907 - 1976)
Date1917
Object NameCARGO VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 165' x breadth 26 11/12' x depth 13 1/6'
gross tonnage: 573 ton
gross tonnage: 573 ton
Object numberABDSHIP000002
Keywords
Yard Number: 53
Official Number: 140552
Subsequent Names: STRAIT FISHER (1934).
Fate: Capsized and sank 3 miles off Longships, Cornwall, 3 January 1945.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Coaster with raised quarter deck.
Owners:
26/04/1919: Freeland Shipping Co. Ltd. (Joseph E. Fisher, manager), Liverpool.
28/12/1933: James Fisher & Sons, Barrow.
General History:
10/09/1917: Builder's certificate issued.
15/12/1917: Trial was run at quayside when indicator cards were taken off. Estimated speed about 9.5 knots. Speed = 11 knots, consumption = 7 tons coal per day.
17/12/1917: Completed.
According to The Times, this vessel sunk in Hennebont Harbour. ("Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43033. London. 17 May 1922. col F, p. 22.) However, the draught of this ship is deeper than the depth of water at Hennebont. The Times mentions the wider region of Morbihan and so any sinking is more likely to have occured further downstream, perhaps at Lorient, where the water is deep enough and there is a significant port. Later refloated.
Notes: Engine number 118, 3 cylinder 600hp, boiler supplied by Rowan (No. 251)
