&sq=&lang=&file=File:HMS_Dragon_(1878).jpg) Dragon in white paint for service in the East Indies
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| History | |
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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 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| 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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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.