HMS Dragon (1647)

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Career (Great Britain)

Name:	HMS Dragon
Builder:	Goddard, Chatham
Launched:	1647
Fate:	Wrecked, 1711
General characteristics as built^[1]
Class and type:	38-gun fourth rate frigate
Tons burthen:	470 long tons (477.5 t)
Length:	96 ft (29.3 m) (keel)
Beam:	28 ft 6 in (8.7 m)
Depth of hold:	14 ft 3 in (4.3 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	38 guns (at launch); 46 guns (1677)
General characteristics after 1690 rebuild^[2]
Class and type:	46-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	479 long tons (486.7 t)
Length:	118 ft 11 in (36.2 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	31 ft 9 in (9.7 m)
Depth of hold:	12 ft 2 in (3.7 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	46 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1707 rebuild^[3]
Class and type:	46-54-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	719 long tons (730.5 t)
Length:	131 ft 8 in (40.1 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	33 ft 3.75 in (10.2 m)
Depth of hold:	14 ft (4.3 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	46-54 guns of various weights of shot

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Dragon.

HMS Dragon was a 38-gun fourth rate frigate of the Royal Navy, built at Chatham and launched in 1647.^[1] The term 'frigate' during the period of this ship referred to a method of construction, rather than a role which did not develop until the following century.

By 1677 her armament had been increased to 46 guns.^[1] In 1690 Dragon was rebuilt at Deptford Dockyard as a 46-gun fourth rate ship of the line.^[2] She was rebuilt for a second time in 1707 at the Cuckolds Point yard as a fourth rate of 46-54 guns.^[3]

Dragon was wrecked in 1711.^[3]