HMS Dragon (1736)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Dragon.

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]

Dragon
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Dragon
Ordered	19 October 1733
Builder	Woolwich Dockyard
Launched	11 September 1736
Fate	Sunk as a breakwater, 1757
General characteristics [1]
Class & type	1733 proposals 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1067
Length	144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam	41 ft 5 in (12.6 m)
Depth of hold	16 ft 11 in (5.2 m)
Propulsion	Sails
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

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

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