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HMS Dragon, also known in Polish service as ORP Dragon (Polish: dragoon), was a D or Danae class cruiser built for the Royal Navy. She was launched in Glasgow, in December 1917, and scuttled in July 1944 off the Normandy beaches as part of the Arromanches Breakwater.
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History | |
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Name | HMS Dragon |
Ordered | 1916 |
Builder | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock |
Laid down | 24 January 1917 |
Launched | 29 December 1917 |
Commissioned | 16 August 1918 |
Fate | To Polish Navy, 15 January 1943 |
History | |
Name | ORP Dragon |
Commissioned | 15 January 1943 |
Fate | Damaged 7 July 1944 and scuttled as part of artificial harbour |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Danae-class light cruiser |
Displacement | list error: <br /> list (help) 4,276 long tons (4,345 t) light 5,603 long tons (5,693 t) full 4,850 long tons (4,928 t) after 1924 |
Length | 445 ft (136 m) |
Beam | 46.5 ft (14.2 m) |
Draught | 14.5 ft (4.4 m) |
Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) Six Yarrow-type water-tube boilers Parsons geared steam turbines Two shafts 40,000 shp (30 MW) |
Speed | 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph) |
Range | 2,300 nmi (4,300 km) |
Complement | 462 |
Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) 1918: • 6 × BL 6 in L/45 Mark XII on single mountings CP Mark XIV (152 mm) • 2 × 3 in (76 mm) Mk II AA guns • 2 × 40 mm QF 2 pdr "Pom-pom" AA guns • 12 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedoes (4 triple launchers) 1930: • 6 × 152 mm Mk XII guns • 3 × 102 mm Mk V AA guns • 2 × 40 mm 2 pdr Pom-pom AA guns • 12 × 533 mm torpedo launchers 1942: • 6 × 152 mm Mk XII guns • 2 × 102 mm Mk V AA guns • 6 × 40 mm 2 pdr Pom-pom AA • 12 × 533 mm torpedo launchers 1943: • 5 × 152 mm guns • 1 × 102 mm gun • 8 × 40 mm 2 pdr Pom-pom AA guns • 3 × quadruple mounting Mark VII 2 pounder Mark VIII gun • 12 × 20 mm AA guns • depth charge launcher |
Armour | list error: <br /> list (help) 3 inch side (amidships) 2, 1¾, 1½ side (bow and stern) 1 inch upper decks (amidships) 1 inch deck over rudder |
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Dragon.