HMS Dragon
Several Royal Navy ships have been called
HMS Dragon*The 4th Rate
Dragon, in
1674, had a lieutenant called
John Tyrrell, who had been appointed by
King Charles II of England.
*The fifteenth
Dragon was a 6-gun screw sloop launched in 1878 and sold in 1892
*The sixteenth
Dragon was a twin-screw torpedo-boat destroyer launched in 1894 and sold in 1912.
*The seventeenth
Dragon Pennant number D46 was a light
cruiser, launched in 1917 and scuttled off Normandy in 1944 while serving in the Polish navy as
ORP Dragon.
See also
HMS Drake
