HMS Dragon (D46)

ORP Dragon
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Dragon
Ordered1916
BuilderScotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock
Laid down24 January 1917
Launched29 December 1917
Commissioned16 August 1918
IdentificationPennant number: 19 (Sep 18);[1] 46 (Nov 19); I.46 (1936); D.46 (1940)[2]
FateTo Polish Navy, 15 January 1943
Poland
NameORP Dragon
Commissioned15 January 1943
FateScuttled 20 July 1944
General characteristics
Class and typeDanae-class light cruiser
Displacement
  • 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
Length445 ft (136 m)
Beam46.5 ft (14.2 m)
Draught14.5 ft (4.4 m)
Propulsion
Speed29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Range2,300 nmi (4,300 km)
Complement462
Armament
Armour
  • 3 inch side (amidships)
  • 2, 1¾, 1½ side (bow and stern)
  • 1 inch upper decks (amidships)
  • 1 inch deck over rudder

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.

  1. ^ Colledge, J J (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 50.
  2. ^ Dodson, Aidan (2024). "The Development of the British Royal Navy's Pennant Numbers Between 1919 and 1940". Warship International. 61 (2): 134–66.