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

HMS Dragon
HMS Dragon in 2011
History
United Kingdom
NameDragon
OrderedDecember 2000
BuilderBVT Surface Fleet
Yard number1064[3]
Laid down19 December 2005
Launched17 November 2008
Sponsored byMrs. Susie Boissier
Commissioned20 April 2012
Identification
Motto"We yield but to St George"
StatusIn active service, as of 2017
BadgeFile:HMS Dragon badge.jpg
General characteristics
Class and typeType 45 Guided missile destroyer
Displacement8,000[5] to 8,500 t (8,400 long tons; 9,400 short tons)[6][7][8]
Length152.4 m (500 ft 0 in)
Beam21.2 m (69 ft 7 in)
Draught7.4 m (24 ft 3 in)
Installed power
Propulsion
SpeedIn excess of 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)[4]
RangeIn excess of 7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km) at 18 kn (33 km/h)[4]
Complement191[10] (accommodation for up to 235)
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Armament
Aircraft carried
  • 1–2 × Lynx Wildcat, armed with:
    • 4 × anti ship missiles, or
    • 2 × anti submarine torpedoes
  • or
  • 1 × Westland Merlin,[9] armed with:
    • 4 × anti-submarine torpedoes
Aviation facilities
  • Large flight deck
  • Enclosed hangar

HMS Dragon is the fourth ship of the Type 45 or Daring-class air-defence destroyers built for the Royal Navy. She was launched in November 2008 and commissioned on 20 April 2012.[31]

Construction

Dragon's construction began at the then BAE Systems Naval Ships (later BAE Systems Surface Fleet Solutions) yard at Scotstoun on the River Clyde in December 2005, and by December 2007 the bow section was in place on the Govan slipway for mating with the other modules. Dragon launched from the slipway at Govan on 17 November 2008 at 3:00pm.[32] Her sponsor was Mrs Susie Boissier, wife of Vice Admiral Paul Boissier, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Fleet and Chief of Staff.[33] She was fitted out at Scotstoun.

Sea trials

Dragon commenced her first set of contractor's sea trials on 5 November 2010.[34]

Dragon entered her home port of Portsmouth for the first time on 31 August 2011.[35]

Operational service

Dragon joined the Royal Navy Surface Fleet on Friday, 20 April 2012.[36] On Friday 27 April she made her maiden visit to Liverpool, staying for three days. She was opened to the public on Saturday 28 April, with visitors able to see the inside of the ship, including the operations room.

In August 2013, it was reported that Dragon was sailing with the USS Nimitz carrier group in the Arabian Sea, acting as the main point ship for aircraft control.[37][38] In August 2013, several Typhoons from No. 6 Squadron RAF were exercising with Dragon and US fighters in the Gulf.[39] It has sailed westwards to the Eastern Mediterranean.[40]

In April 2014, Dragon was deployed to waters north of Scotland, after having sailed from Portsmouth, to track the Russian warship Vice-Admiral Kulakov.[41] She was part of the Royal Navy's Atlantic Patrol Tasking in late 2014.[42]

In October 2016, Dragon was sent to track two Russian corvettes in the Atlantic during a major deployment of Russian naval forces near the United Kingdom.[43]

On 11 February 2017, Dragon rescued the fourteen crew of the British yacht Clyde Challenger which had been dismasted and was adrift in the Atlantic Ocean 610 nautical miles (1,130 km) south west of Land's End, Cornwall.[44] Clyde Challenger was subsequently scuttled.[45]

Characteristics

Main article: Type 45 destroyer § Characteristics

Dragon features the Welsh Dragon on her bow.

Affiliations

Notes

References

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  35. ^ https://navynews.co.uk/archive/news/item/991
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  38. ^ "Protecting the defenders on the high seas".
  39. ^ "Navy News - Reporting from the Fleet".
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