• Dragon (of Greenwich), a ship of 100 tons built in 1512 under Sir William Sidney
  Sir William Sidney
  Sir William Sidney was an English courtier under Henry VIII and Edward VI.-Life:He was eldest son of Nicholas Sidney, by Anne, sister of Sir William Brandon...
  
   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
  Galleon
  A galleon was a large, multi-decked sailing ship used primarily by European states from the 16th to 18th centuries. Whether used for war or commerce, they were generally armed with the demi-culverin type of cannon.-Etymology:...
  
   built in 1593 and last mentioned 1613., a fourth-rate
  Fourth-rate
  In the British Royal Navy, a fourth rate was, during the first half of the 18th century, a ship of the line mounting from 46 up to 60 guns. While the number of guns stayed subsequently in the same range up until 1817, after 1756 the ships of 50 guns and below were considered too weak to stand in...
  
   frigate launched in 1647, rebuilt in 1690 and 1707 and wrecked in 1711., a 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line
  Ship of the line
  A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed from the 17th through the mid-19th century to take part in the naval tactic known as the line of battle, in which two columns of opposing warships would manoeuvre to bring the greatest weight of broadside guns to bear...
  
   launched in 1711, renamed HMS Dragon in 1715, and broken up in 1733., a 60-gun fourth-rate ship of the line launched in 1736, and scuttled as a breakwater in 1757., a 74-gun third-rate
  Third-rate
  In the British Royal Navy, a third rate was a ship of the line which from the 1720s mounted between 64 and 80 guns, typically built with two gun decks . Years of experience proved that the third rate ships embodied the best compromise between sailing ability , firepower, and cost...
  
   ship of the line built in 1760 and sold in 1784., 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., a 6-gun wooden paddle second-rate frigate built in 1845 and sold 1865, designed by Sir William Symonds, which served in the Baltic
  Baltic
  -Northern Europe:* The Baltic Sea* Baltic states : Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia* The Baltic region, an ambiguous term referring to the general area surrounding the Baltic Sea...
  
   during the Crimean War
  Crimean War
  The Crimean War was a conflict fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the French Empire, the British Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Sardinia. The war was part of a long-running contest between the major European powers for influence over territories of the declining...
  
  ., a 6-gun Doterel-class
  Doterel class sloop
  The Doterel class was a Royal Navy class of screw-driven sloops. They were of composite construction, with wooden hulls over an iron frame. They were a revised version of an 1874 design by the Royal Navy's Chief Constructor, William Henry White, the . Two of the class were lost, one to an explosion...
  
   screw sloop launched in 1878 and sold in 1892., a twin-screw Banshee-class torpedo boat destroyer
  Banshee class destroyer
  The 'Banshee class was a class of three torpedo boat destroyers that served with the Royal Navy into the early part of the Twentieth century....
  
   launched in 1894 and sold in 1912., a light cruiser
  Cruiser
  A cruiser is a type of warship. The term has been in use for several hundreds of years, and has had different meanings throughout this period...
  
   launched in 1917 and scuttled off Normandy in 1944 while serving in the Polish navy as ORP Dragon., is a Type 45 destroyer
  Type 45 destroyer
  The United Kingdom's Type 45 destroyer is an air defence destroyer programme of the Royal Navy which will replace its Type 42 destroyers. The first ship in the class, HMS Daring, was launched on 1 February 2006 and commissioned on 23 July 2009. The ships are now built by BAE Systems Surface Ships...
  
   launched in November 2008

Battle honours

• Portland 1653
• Gabbard 1653
• Scheveningen 1653
• Lowestoft
  Battle of Lowestoft
  The naval Battle of Lowestoft took place on 13 June 1665 during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.A fleet of more than a hundred ships of the United Provinces commanded by Lieutenant-Admiral Jacob van Wassenaer Obdam attacked an English fleet of equal size commanded by James Stuart, Duke of York forty...
  
   1655
• Four Days Battle
  Four Days Battle
  The Four Days Battle was a naval battle of the Second Anglo–Dutch War. Fought from 1 June to 4 June 1666 in the Julian or Old Style calendar then used in England off the Flemish and English coast, it remains one of the longest naval engagements in history.In June 1665 the English had soundly...
  
   1666
• Orfordness 1666
• Bugia 1671
• Barfleur 1692
• Toulon 1744
• Belleisle
  Capture of Belle Île
  The Capture of Belle Île was a British amphibious expedition to capture the French island of Belle Île off the Brittany Coast in 1761, during the Seven Years War. After an initial British attack was repulsed, a second attempt under General Studholme Hodgson forced a beachhead...
  
   1761
• Martinique 1762
• Havana 1762
• Egypt 1801
• Calder's Action 1805
• Baltic 1854-55
• Suez 1882
• Arctic 1944