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Name | Dragon |
Ordered | 9 January 1647 |
Builder | Henry Goddard, Chatham Dockyard |
Launched | 1650 |
Commissioned | 1650 |
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Name | HMS Dragon |
Acquired | May 1660 |
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Acquired | 1707 Act of Union |
Fate | Wrecked, 16 March 1712 |
General characteristics as built | |
Class and type | 38-gun fourth rate |
Tons burthen | 414+72⁄94 bm |
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Beam | 28 ft 6 in (8.7 m) |
Depth of hold | 14 ft 3 in (4.3 m) |
Sail plan | ship-rigged |
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General characteristics after 1689-90 rebuild | |
Class and type | 46-gun fourth rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 530+79⁄94 bm |
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Beam | 31 ft 9 in (9.7 m) |
Depth of hold | 12 ft 2 in (3.7 m) |
Sail plan | ship-rigged |
Complement | 220 |
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General characteristics after 1707 rebuild | |
Class and type | 46-54-gun fourth rate |
Tons burthen | 719+73⁄94 tons bm |
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Beam | 35 ft 0 in (10.7 m) |
Depth of hold | 14 ft 0 in (4.3 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 185 (peacetime) – 280 (wartime) |
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HMS Dragon was a 38-gun fourth rate of the English Navy; she became part of the Royal Navy after the Restoration, built by the Master Shipwright Henry Goddard at Chatham and launched in 1647. She was the first frigate to be built at Chatham (the term 'frigate' during this period referred to a vessel designed for fast sailing, with a low superstructure, rather than a role which did not develop until the following century).
Dragon was the fourth named vessel since it was used for a ship of 100 ton bm, in service from 1512 to 1514[1]/
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