HMS Dragon (1736)

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Dragon
History
Naval Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg Great Britain
NameHMS Dragon
Ordered19 October 1733
BuilderWoolwich Dockyard
Launched11 September 1736
FateSunk as a breakwater, 1757
General characteristics [1]
Class & type 1733 proposals 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1067
Length144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam41 ft 5 in (12.6 m)
Depth of hold16 ft 11 in (5.2 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament
  • 60 guns:
  • Gundeck: 24 × 24-pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 9-pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 8 × 6-pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6-pdrs

HMS Dragon was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment at Woolwich Dockyard, and launched on 11 September 1736. [1]

In February 1744, she took part in the Battle of Toulon. [2]

Dragon was sunk in 1757 to form part of a breakwater. [1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 171.
  2. ↑ National Maritime Museum Warship Histories Archived 2 August 2011 at the UK Government Web Archive , Vessel ID 365712

References

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