She was built by William Gray & Company in West Hartlepool and launched on 23 April 1883.

SS Dragonfly was built by William Gray & Company in West Hartlepool in 1883.

In December 1889 she was on a voyage with a cargo of rye from Taganrog, Russia to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands under command of captain J.

[8] During the morning of 10 December at least five boats started unloading cargo of rye.

[12][13][14] On 11 December a small black painted boat marked “SS Dragonfy” washes ashore on Texel.

[12] On 20 December a public sale took place of the savaged inventory and the wreck with the remaining cargo.

[17] In January 1890 blazer [nl] “TX 25”, that spent several days investigating the ship, salvaged three davits and a chain.