&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:HMS_Fame-Antoine_Roux-p53.jpg) HMS Dragon by Antoine Roux
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| History | |
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| Name | HMS Dragon |
| Ordered | 30 April 1795 |
| Builder | Wells, Rotherhithe |
| Laid down | August 1795 |
| Launched | 2 April 1798 |
| Renamed | HMS Fame in 1842 |
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| Fate | Broken up, 1850 |
| General characteristics [2] | |
| Class and type | 74-gun third rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1814+74⁄95 (bm) |
| Length | 178 ft (54.3 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 48 ft 3 in (14.7 m) |
| Depth of hold | 20 ft 6 in (6.2 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
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HMS Dragon was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 2 April 1798 at Rotherhithe. She was designed by Sir William Rule, and was the only ship built to her draught.[2]
- ^ "No. 21077". The London Gazette. 15 March 1850. pp. 791–792.
- ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 185.