HMS Dragon

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Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Dragon.

  • HMS Dragon, a fourth rate frigate launched in 1647, rebuilt in 1690 and 1707 and wrecked in 1711.
  • HMS Ormonde, a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line launched in 1711, renamed HMS Dragon in 1715, and broken up in 1733.
  • HMS Dragon, a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line launched in 1736, and scuttled as a breakwater in 1757.
  • HMS Dragon, a 74-gun third rate ship of the line built in 1760 and sold in 1784.
  • HMS Dragon, 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, a 6-gun screw sloop launched in 1878 and sold in 1892.
  • HMS Dragon, a twin-screw torpedo-boat destroyer launched in 1894 and sold in 1912.
  • HMS Dragon (D46), a light cruiser launched in 1917 and scuttled off Normandy in 1944 while serving in the Polish navy as ORP Dragon.
  • HMS Dragon (D35), is a Type 45 destroyer currently under construction.
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