HMS Dragon (1878)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Dragon and HMS Miranda.
HMS Dragon was a Doterel-class sloop of the Royal Navy, built at Devonport Dockyard and launched on 30 May 1878.[1] She served in the East Indies, including the Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882, and the suppression of slavery. She was sold for breaking in 1892.
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Name | HMS Dragon |
Builder | Devonport Royal Dockyard |
Cost | Hull £36,427, machinery £13,069[1] |
Laid down | 26 April 1877 |
Launched | 30 May 1878 |
Commissioned | 19 February 1879 |
Fate | Sold on 24 September 1892 for breaking |
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Class and type | Doterel-class sloop |
Displacement | 1,130 tons |
Length | 170 ft (52 m) pp |
Beam | 36 ft (11 m) |
Draught | 15 ft 9 in (4.80 m) |
Installed power | 1,006 ihp (750 kW) |
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Sail plan | Barque rigged |
Speed | 11+1⁄2 knots (21.3 km/h) |
Range | 1,480 nmi (2,740 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h) from 150 tons of coal |
Complement | 140–150 |
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