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{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2017}}{{Use British English|date=August 2017}}Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Dragon. - {{ship|English ship|Dragon|1512}}, a ship of 100 tons built in 1512 under Sir William Sidney in the war with France. Last mentioned 1514.[1]
- {{ship|English ship|Dragon|1542}}, a 140-ton three-masted ship depicted in the Anthony Roll of 1546. Built 1542 or 1544 and rebuilt 1551. Last mentioned 1553 [2]
- {{ship|English galleon|Dragon}} (or Red Dragon),[3] a galleon built in 1593 and last mentioned 1613.
- {{HMS|Dragon|1647}}, a fourth-rate frigate launched in 1647, rebuilt in 1690 and 1707 and wrecked in 1711.
- {{HMS|Ormonde|1711}}, a 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line launched in 1711, renamed HMS Dragon in 1715, and broken up in 1733.
- {{HMS|Dragon|1736}}, a 60-gun fourth-rate ship of the line launched in 1736, and scuttled as a breakwater in 1757.
- {{HMS|Dragon|1760}}, a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line built in 1760 and sold in 1784.
- {{HMS|Dragon|1798}}, 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.
- {{HMS|Dragon|1845}}, a 6-gun wooden paddle second-rate frigate built in 1845 and sold 1865, designed by Sir William Symonds, which served in the Baltic during the Crimean War.[4]
- {{HMS|Dragon|1878}}, a 6-gun {{sclass-|Doterel|sloop|0}} screw sloop launched in 1878 and sold in 1892.
- {{HMS|Dragon|1894}}, a twin-screw {{sclass-|Banshee|destroyer|0}} torpedo boat destroyer launched in 1894 and sold in 1912.
- {{HMS|Dragon|D46}}, a {{sclass-|Danae|cruiser|0}} light cruiser launched in 1917 and scuttled off Normandy in 1944 while serving in the Polish navy as {{ORP|Dragon}}.
- {{HMS|Dragon|1982}} was a stone frigate of the Royal Naval Reserve in Swansea and acted as a Communications Training Centre.[5] She was decommissioned in 1994.[6]
- {{HMS|Dragon|D35}}, is a Type 45 destroyer launched in November 2008
Battle honours- Portland 1653
- Gabbard 1653
- Scheveningen 1653
- Lowestoft 1655
- Four Days Battle 1666
- Orfordness 1666
- Bugia 1671
- Barfleur 1692
- Toulon 1744
- Belleisle 1761
- Martinique 1762
- Havana 1762
- Egypt 1801
- Calder's Action 1805
- Baltic 1854–55
- Suez 1882
- Arctic 1944
ReferencesCitations1. ^NMM Warship Histories; Rodger Safeguard of the Sea pp. 476, 484 2. ^NMM Warship Histories. Rodger Safeguard of the Sea p. 477 3. ^National Maritime Museum Warship Histories {{webarchive|url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110802041558/http://www.nmm.ac.uk/upload/pdf/Warship_Histories_Vessels_i.pdf |date=2 August 2011 }}. 4. ^National Maritime Museum Warship Histories {{webarchive|url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110802041558/http://www.nmm.ac.uk/upload/pdf/Warship_Histories_Vessels_i.pdf |date=2 August 2011 }}, Vessel ID 365716 5. ^[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm198889/cmhansrd/1989-06-22/Writtens-9.html House of Commons Debates for 22 June 1989] 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.7108|title=History of Naval Reservists in Swansea at the Royal Navy website|accessdate=2008-11-19}}
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