Dates: 1918 - 1944
"D" Class cruiser ordered from Scotts of Greenock in September 1916 and laid down on 24th January 1917. The ship was launched on 29th December 1917 as the 14th RN snip to carry the name that was first used in 1512 and previously by a destroyer sold in 1912. She was completed on 16th August 1918 and served with the Harwich Force in the 5th Light Cruiser Squadron. During 1919 this ship took part in operations against troops in the Baltic and in November 1923 was part of the escort for HM Battlecruisers HOOD and REPULSE with four other "D" Class cruisers. Her later service after 1924 included commissions in the Mediterranean, China and the West Indies. She was placed in Reserve at Chatham in July 1937 and used for Boys training until fully commissioned in July 1939.
Badge: On a Field Red. a dragon passant Gold.
Forces Reunited Forum Posts involving HMS Dragon
" The government must be cash-strapped, as they seem to be retiring ships at the rate of knots. HMS Cardiff, a Type 42 destroyer, was decommissioned on 14th July, and will remain in Portsmouth harbour until a decision is reached about her future, though there are strong calls being made, by ..."
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" Quoting: Smith The government must be cash-strapped, as they seem to be retiring ships at the rate of knots. HMS Cardiff, a Type 42 destroyer, was decommissioned on 14th July, and will remain in Portsmouth harbour until a decision is reached about her future, though there are strong calls ..."
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" BVT Surface Fleet officially handed over HMS Daring to the Royal Navy yesterday during a ceremony on the Clyde in Scotland. Following nearly 2 years of successful sea trials, Daring has been deemed ready to join the regular fleet. The ship is expected to undergo further tests before it becomes ..."
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" My step-father, Daniel Bell, was a Royal Marine (CH/X 1365)between 1935 and 1948. Originally from County Durham, he served as a gunner on HMS Dragon, HMS Ajax, HMS Sheffield and HMNZS Archilles. After he was discharged he immigrated to New Zealand where he worked as a coal-miner. ..."
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"Hello to all my former friends and hope that you are all well. I am just recovering from an operation, taking its time, but feeling much better. Worked in RN museum in Portsmouth last Friday, saw HMS Dragon. Wished we had ships like that in our time, still they do not know how to sling a ’Mick’!"
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