Several ships of the
Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Dragon''.
* , a ship of 100 tons built in 1512 under
Sir William Sidney
Sir William Sidney (1482?–1554) was an English courtier under Henry VIII and Edward VI.
Life
He was eldest son of Nicholas Sidney, by Anne, sister of William Brandon (standard-bearer), Sir William Brandon. In 1511 he accompanied Thomas Darcy, ...
in the war with France. Last mentioned 1514.
* , a 140-ton three-masted ship depicted in the Anthony Roll of 1546. Built 1542 or 1544 and rebuilt 1551. Last mentioned 1553
* (or ''Red Dragon''), a
galleon built in 1593 and last mentioned 1613.
* , a
fourth-rate frigate
A frigate () is a type of warship. In different eras, the roles and capabilities of ships classified as frigates have varied somewhat.
The name frigate in the 17th to early 18th centuries was given to any full-rigged ship built for speed and ...
launched in 1647, rebuilt in 1690 and 1707 and wrecked in 1711.
* , a 50-gun fourth-rate
ship of the line
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launched in 1711, renamed HMS ''Dragon'' in 1715, and broken up in 1733.
* , a 60-gun fourth-rate ship of the line launched in 1736, and scuttled as a breakwater in 1757.
* , a 74-gun
third-rate ship of the line built in 1760 and sold in 1784.
* , a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line built in 1798 at Rotherhithe. Refitted in 1814, she served until 1815. She was broken up in 1850.
* , a 6-gun wooden paddle second-rate frigate built in 1845 and sold 1865, designed by
Sir William Symonds
Sir William Symonds CB FRS (24 September 1782 – 30 March 1856, aboard the French steamship ''Nil'', Strait of Bonifacio, Sardinia)[Baltic
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during the
Crimean War.
* , a 6-gun screw sloop launched in 1878 and sold in 1892.
* , a twin-screw torpedo boat destroyer launched in 1894 and sold in 1912.
* , a light
cruiser
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The term "cruiser", which has been in use for several hu ...
launched in 1917 and scuttled off Normandy in 1944 while serving in the Polish navy as .
* was a
stone frigate of the
Royal Naval Reserve in
Swansea
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and acted as a Communications Training Centre. She was decommissioned in 1994.
* , is a
Type 45 destroyer launched in November 2008
Battle honours
Ships named ''Dragon'' have earned the following
battle honours:
*
Kentish Knock
The Kentish Knock is a long shoal (bank, shallows) in the North Sea east of Essex, England. It is the most easterly of those of the Thames Estuary and its core, which is shallower than , extends . Thus it is a major hazard to deep-draught navigat ...
, 1652
*
Portland
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, 1653
*
Gabbard, 1653
*
Scheveningen
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, 1653
*
Lowestoft
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, 1665
*
Four Days' Battle, 1666
*
Orfordness, 1666
*Bugia, 1671
*
Barfleur, 1692
*
Belle Isle, 1761
*
Martinique, 1762
*
Havana, 1762
*
Egypt, 1801
*
Baltic
Baltic may refer to:
Peoples and languages
* Baltic languages, a subfamily of Indo-European languages, including Lithuanian, Latvian and extinct Old Prussian
*Balts (or Baltic peoples), ethnic groups speaking the Baltic languages and/or originati ...
, 1854–55
*
Arctic, 1944
Citations
References
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