User:The Land/HMS Dragon (1798)

History
UK
Name	HMS Dragon
Ordered	30 April 1795
Builder	Wells, Rotherhithe
Laid down	August 1795
Launched	2 April 1798
Renamed	HMS Fame in 1842
Honours and; awards	list error: mixed text and list (help); Participated in: Battle of Cape Finisterre;
Fate	Broken up, 1850
General characteristics
Class and type	74-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1815 tons (1844.1 tonnes)
Length	178 ft (54 m) (gundeck)
Beam	48 ft 3 in (14.71 m)
Depth of hold	20 ft 6 in (6.25 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Armament	list error: mixed text and list (help); 74 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs; Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs; Quarterdeck: 14 × 9 pdrs; Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs;

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.^[1]

In 1799, she sailed to the Mediterranean as part of a squadron under Sir Charles Cotton. In February 1801 she was part of a squadron under Sir John Warren off Cadiz. In June 1801, Dragon, together with Endymion, captured the French ship Colombe. In 1805, Dragon took part in Admiral Robert Calder's action at the Battle of Cape Finisterre.

From 1806-8 she served in the Channel Squadron. In September 1810 she commissioned as the flagship of Sir F. la Faey and sailed for the Leeward Islands in October. She then participated in the War of 1812 with the United States, under the command of Robert Barrie, and took part in a number of engagements including the Battle of Hampden which resulted in the scuttling of the frigate USS Adams

In January 1815, Dragon was the flagship for Admiral Sir George Cockburn at the Battle of Fort Peter and the capture of St. Marys, Georgia.

She was on harbour service in 1824, becoming a Marine barracks at Portland in 1829. She was renamed HMS Fame in 1842. She was broken up in 1850.^[1]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 185.

References

Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.

This article includes data donated from the National Maritime Museum Warship Histories project

[Lavery,_SoLv1_p185-1] Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 185.

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