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Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Dragon.


 * Dragon (of Greenwich), a ship of 100 tons built in 1512 under Sir W. Sydney in the war with France. Last mentioned 1514.
 * Dragon, a 140 ton three masted ship depicted in the Anthony Roll of 1546. Built 1542 or 1544 and rebuilt 1551. Last mentioned 1553
 * Dragon (or Red Dragon), a galleon built in 1593 and last mentioned 1613.
 * Dragon, a fourth rate frigate launched in 1647, rebuilt in 1690 and 1707 and wrecked in 1711.
 * HMS Ormonde (1711), a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line launched in 1711, renamed HMS Dragon in 1715, and broken up in 1733.
 * HMS Dragon, a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line launched in 1736, and scuttled as a breakwater in 1757.
 * HMS Dragon, a 74-gun third rate ship of the line built in 1760 and sold in 1784.
 * HMS Dragon, a 74-gun third rate ship of the line built in 1798 at Rotherhithe. Refitted in 1814, she served until 1815. She was broken up in 1850.
 * HMS Dragon (1841), a 6-gun paddle frigate launched in 1841
 * HMS Dragon (1878), a 6-gun Doterel-class screw sloop launched in 1878 and sold in 1892.
 * HMS Dragon, a twin-screw Banshee-class torpedo boat destroyer launched in 1894 and sold in 1912.
 * HMS Dragon, a light cruiser launched in 1917 and scuttled off Normandy in 1944 while serving in the Polish navy as ORP Dragon.
 * HMS Dragon (D35), is a Type 45 destroyer launched in November 2008

In addition the Communications Training Centre in Swansea was commissioned as HMS Dragon between 1982 and 1994.