HMS Dragon (D35)

{{short description|2012 Type 45 or Daring-class air-defence destroyer of the Royal Navy}}

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| Ship image = File:Royal Navy Type 45 Destroyer HMS Dragon MOD 45153124.jpg

| Ship caption = HMS Dragon in 2011

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{{Infobox ship career

| Ship country = United Kingdom

| Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|naval}}

| Ship name = Dragon

| Ship ordered = December 2000

| Ship awarded =

| Ship builder = BVT Surface Fleet

| Ship yard number = 1064{{cite web|url=https://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?ref=1200&vessel=DRAGON| title=HMS Dragon| publisher=Caledonian Maritime Research Trust| access-date=4 March 2023}}

| Ship laid down = 19 December 2005

| Ship launched = 17 November 2008

| Ship sponsor = Mrs. Susie Boissier

| Ship completed =

| Ship commissioned = 20 April 2012

| Ship recommissioned =

| Ship decommissioned =

| Ship identification = *Deck code: DN

Pennant number: D35
International call sign: GMIA
{{ICS|Golf}}{{ICS|Mike}}{{ICS|India}}{{ICS|Alfa}}{{cite web|url=http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/linkedfiles/referencelibrary/ref_library_docs/bridgecard11feb11.pdf|title=Royal Navy Bridge Card, February 2011|access-date=2011-04-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427110848/https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/linkedfiles/referencelibrary/ref_library_docs/bridgecard11feb11.pdf|archive-date=27 April 2011}}
{{IMO Number|4907866}}{{cite web|url=http://82.146.41.123/index/D9.shtml|title=World Shipping Register - Ship Index|access-date=2009-07-12|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531070301/http://82.146.41.123/index/D9.shtml|archive-date=31 May 2011}}

| Ship motto = "We yield but to St George"

| Ship nickname =

| Ship status = In active service

| Ship notes =

| Ship honours =

| Ship badge = 125px

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{{Infobox ship characteristics

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| Ship class = Type 45 Guided missile destroyer

| Ship displacement = 8,000{{cite web|url=http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/The-Fleet/Ships/Destroyers/Type-45-Destroyers |title=Type 45 Destroyer |publisher=Royal Navy |access-date=2011-11-06}} to {{convert|8500|t|abbr=on}}{{cite web|url=http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/News-and-Events/Latest-News/2013/October/11/131011-HMS-Daring-leaves-Sydney|title=HMS Daring leaves Sydney after spectacular week of celebrations|publisher=Royal Navy|access-date=2013-10-13}}{{cite journal|title=For Queen and Country|journal=Navy News |issue=July 2012|page=8|quote="One hundred or so miles west of the largest city of Abidjan lies the fishing port of Sassandra, too small to accommodate 8,500-tonnes of Type 45."}}{{cite news|title=HMS Duncan joins US Carrier on strike operations against ISIL|url=http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2015/july/07/150707-duncan-joins-us-carrier-on-operations|access-date=9 July 2015|journal=Navy News|publisher=Royal Navy|date=7 July 2015|quote="As well as supporting the international effort against the ISIL fundamentalists – the 8,500-tonne warship has also joined the wider security mission in the region."|archive-date=10 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710062525/http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2015/july/07/150707-duncan-joins-us-carrier-on-operations|url-status=dead}}

| Ship length = {{convert|152.4|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| Ship beam = {{convert|21.2|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| Ship draught = {{convert|7.4|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| Ship draft =

| Ship power = *2 × Rolls-Royce WR-21 gas turbines, {{convert|21.5|MW|shp|abbr=on|lk=on}} each

2 × Wärtsilä 12V200 diesel generators, {{convert|2|MW|shp|abbr=on}} each{{cite web |url=http://www.wartsila.com/fi/references/HMS-Daring |title=HMS Daring |publisher=Wärtsilä |access-date=2011-08-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028213846/http://www.wartsila.com/fi/references/HMS-Daring |archive-date=28 October 2014}}

| Ship propulsion = *2 shafts integrated electric propulsion with

2 × Converteam electric motors, {{convert|20|MW|shp|abbr=on}} each

| Ship speed = In excess of {{convert|30|kn|abbr=on|lk=in}}{{cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/183216219/HMS-Daring-Type-45-facts-by-Royal-Navy-pdf|title=HMS Daring - Type 45 facts by Royal Navy.pdf|access-date=22 July 2016}}

| Ship range = In excess of {{convert|7000|nmi|km|lk=in

3}} at {{convert|18|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}

| Ship complement = 191{{cite book | title=A Global Force 2012/13 | url=http://www.newsdeskmedia.com/files/Global-Force-2013.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921091729/http://www.newsdeskmedia.com/files/Global-Force-2013.pdf | url-status=dead | archive-date=21 September 2018| author=Royal Navy | publisher=Newsdesk Media | isbn=978-1-906940-75-1 | date=11 July 2013 }} Complement as of 24 April 2013 (accommodation for up to 235)

| Ship sensors = *SAMPSON multi-function air tracking radar (Type 1045)

S1850M 3-D air surveillance radar (Type 1046)
Raytheon Integrated Bridge and Navigation System
2 × Raytheon AHRS INS
(MINS 2)
2 × Raytheon I-band Radar
(Type 1047)
1 × Raytheon E/F-band Radar
(Type 1048){{cite web|url=http://www.raytheon.co.uk/news_room/news/press_release_08032006.pdf|title=Raytheon Press Release|date=2006-03-08|access-date=2008-01-31|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313123057/http://www.raytheon.co.uk/newsroom/news/press_release_08032006.pdf|archive-date=13 March 2012}}
Ultra Electronics Series 2500 Electro-Optical Gun Control System (EOGCS){{cite web|url=http://articles.janes.com/articles/Janes-Electro-Optic-Systems/Ultra-Electronics-Series-2500-electro-optic-tracking-and-fire-control-system-United-Kingdom.html|title=Jane's Electro-Optic Systems|date=2010-10-28|access-date=2011-08-21|archive-date=3 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503102501/http://articles.janes.com/articles/Janes-Electro-Optic-Systems/Ultra-Electronics-Series-2500-electro-optic-tracking-and-fire-control-system-United-Kingdom.html|url-status=dead}}
Ultra Electronics SML Technologies radar tracking system
Ultra Electronics/EDO MFS-7000 sonar

| Ship EW = * UAT Mod 2.0 (2.1 planned){{cite news | url=http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/3624A3FC-1A13-42AE-B5C6-CF8F730807C3/0/desider_52_Sept2012InternetU.pdf | page=18 | title=Fleet to get the latest in electronic surveillance | date=September 2012 | newspaper=DESider | publisher=Ministry of Defence | url-status=dead | archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120905172853/http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/3624A3FC-1A13-42AE-B5C6-CF8F730807C3/0/desider_52_Sept2012InternetU.pdf | archive-date=5 September 2012}}

AN/SSQ-130 Ship Signal Exploitation Equipment (SSEE) Increment F cryptologic exploitation system{{cite news | url=http://www.janes.com/article/40127/uk-to-buy-shaman-cesm-for-seaseeker-sigint-programme | title=UK to buy Shaman CESM for Seaseeker SIGINT programme | date=29 June 2014 | publisher=IHS Janes Defense}}
Seagnat
Naval Decoy IDS300
Surface Ship Torpedo Defence

| Ship armament =

Anti-air missiles:
PAAMS air-defence system
48 × Sylver vertical launching system A50 for:
Aster 15 missiles (range 1.7–30 km)
Aster 30 missiles (range 3–120 km), to be upgraded with a ballistic missile defence capability,{{cite news |title=Type 45 Ballistic Missile Defence upgrade to support more than 100 UK jobs |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/type-45-ballistic-missile-defence-upgrade-to-support-more-than-100-uk-jobs |access-date=24 November 2022 |publisher=UK Government |date=24 May 2022}} called Sea Viper Evolution.{{cite news |date=2 June 2023 |url=https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2023/june/02/20230602-hms-defender-destroys-drone-in-exercise-which-paves-the-way-for-future-of-air-defence |title=HMS Defender destroys drone in exercise which paves the way for future of air defence at sea |work=royalnavy.mod.uk |access-date=4 June 2023}}
24 × Sea Ceptor silos to be fitted starting on HMS Defender from 2026 for:
24 × surface-to-air missiles that will replace the Aster 15 missiles to allow all 48 × Sylver vertical launching systems to be used for Aster 30.]{{cite web | url=https://www.navylookout.com/snapshot-the-royal-navy-escort-fleet-in-april-2024/ | title=Snapshot: The Royal Navy escort fleet in April 2024 |work=Navy Lookout | date=20 April 2024 |access-date=21 April 2024}}{{Cite web|title=£500m firepower upgrade for Type 45 destroyers|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/500m-firepower-upgrade-for-type-45-destroyers|access-date=24 November 2022|website=GOV.UK|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Royal Navy's Type 45 destroyers – reaching their full potential with addition of Sea Ceptor missiles |url=https://www.navylookout.com/royal-navys-type-45-destroyers-reaching-their-full-potential-with-addition-of-sea-ceptor-missiles/|access-date=24 November 2022|website=Navy Lookout|date=6 July 2021}}
Anti-ship missiles:
Harpoon Block 1C SSMs, originally fit (retired 2023);{{cite web |date=19 December 2023 |url=https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/first-nsm-fit-on-rn-type-23-frigate |title=First NSM fit on RN Type 23 frigate |website=Janes |last=Scott |first=Richard |access-date=23 April 2024}}{{cite web |date=August 26, 2021 |url=https://www.navylookout.com/contenders-for-the-royal-navys-interim-anti-ship-missile-requirement/ |title=Contenders for the Royal Navy's interim anti-ship missile requirement |website=navylookout.com |access-date=February 20, 2022}}{{cite tweet |url=https://twitter.com/NavyLookout/status/1636756705089409024 |title=

@HMSDuncan sails from Portsmouth this afternoon. Has been re-equipped with Harpoon missiles - the first Type 45 to carry SSM for several years. |number=1636756705089409024 |user=NavyLookout |date=17 March 2023 |access-date=18 March 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.navylookout.com/can-the-uk-supply-anti-ship-missiles-to-ukraine/|title= Can the UK supply anti-ship missiles to Ukraine? |date= 10 April 2022}}{{cite news |last=Scott |first=Richard |date=February 16, 2022 |url=https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/uk-confirms-cancellation-of-i-ssgw-programme |title=UK confirms cancellation of I-SSGW programme |work=Janes Information Services |access-date=February 20, 2022}} to be replaced with Naval Strike Missile in due course){{cite news |date=23 November 2022 |url=https://www.navylookout.com/royal-navy-to-buy-the-naval-strike-missile/ |title=Royal Navy to buy the Naval Strike Missile |work=Navy Lookout |access-date=25 November 2022}}{{cite news |date=23 November 2022 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/royal-navy-ships-to-be-fitted-with-advanced-new-missile-system |title=Royal Navy ships to be fitted with advanced new missile system |work=gov.uk |access-date=25 November 2022}}

Guns:
1 × 4.5 inch Mark 8 naval gun
2 × DS30B Mk 1 30 mm guns{{cite web |url=https://www.navylookout.com/the-all-rounder-the-30mm-automated-small-calibre-gun-in-focus/ |title=The all-rounder – the 30mm Automated Small Calibre Gun in focus |work= Navy Lookout|date=13 January 2021 |access-date=29 March 2023}}
2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS
2 × 7.62 mm Miniguns (replaced by Browning .50 caliber heavy machine guns as of 2023){{cite web |url=https://www.navylookout.com/in-focus-the-50-cal-heavy-machine-gun-in-royal-navy-service/ |title=In focus: the 50 cal heavy machine gun in Royal Navy service |publisher=Navy Lookout |date=5 May 2023 |access-date=5 May 2023}}
6 × 7.62 mm general purpose machine guns

| Ship armour =

| Ship aircraft = *1–2 × Lynx Wildcat, armed with:

Martlet multirole missiles, or
Sea Venom anti-ship missiles (projected full operating capability from 2026){{Cite web|url=https://www.navylookout.com/royal-navys-sea-venom-light-anti-ship-missile-full-operating-capability-delayed-until-2026/|title = Royal Navy's Sea Venom light anti-ship missile full operating capability delayed until 2026 |website=Navy Lookout |date=21 June 2023}} or
2 × anti-submarine torpedoes
or
1 × Westland Merlin,{{cite web|url=http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.2227 |title=Air Defence Destroyer (T45) |publisher=Royal Navy |access-date=2007-11-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071031074413/http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.2227 |archive-date=31 October 2007 }} armed with:
4 × anti-submarine torpedoes

| Ship aircraft facilities = * Large flight deck

Enclosed hangar

| Ship notes =

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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.{{cite web|url=http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/News-and-Events/Latest-News/2012/March/12/120312-Dragon-Flare|title=Dragon shows a flare for action during weapons trials in the Channel|publisher=Royal Navy|date=2012-03-12|access-date=2012-03-15}}

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.{{cite web |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2008/11/17/hms-dragon-launched-91466-22275679/ |title=HMS Dragon launched |publisher=WalesOnline |date=2008-11-17 |access-date=2008-11-17}} Her sponsor was Mrs Susie Boissier, wife of Vice Admiral Paul Boissier, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Fleet and Chief of Staff.{{cite web |url=http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.2468784.0.Thousands_line_the_Clyde_to_see_HMS_Dragon_roar_for_first_time.php |title=Thousands line the Clyde to see HMS Dragon roar for first time |work=The Herald webpages |access-date=2009-02-23 }}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} She was fitted out at Scotstoun.

Sea trials

Dragon commenced her first set of contractor's sea trials on 5 November 2010.{{cite web|url=http://forargyll.com/2010/11/hms-dragon-off-on-sea-trials-in-the-clyde/|title=HMS Dragon off on sea trials in the Clyde|publisher=ForArgyll.com|date=2010-11-05|access-date=2010-11-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725155614/http://forargyll.com/2010/11/hms-dragon-off-on-sea-trials-in-the-clyde/|archive-date=25 July 2011|url-status=dead}}

Dragon entered her home port of Portsmouth for the first time on 31 August 2011.{{cite web| url = https://navynews.co.uk/archive/news/item/991| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170318001332/https://navynews.co.uk/archive/news/item/991| archive-date = 2017-03-18| title = Navy News - Reporting from the Fleet}}

Operational service

File:HMS Dragon Near Gibraltar MOD 45155272.jpg

File:British F-35 Jets land on board HMS Queen Elizabeth Carrier MOD 45165431.jpg

Dragon joined the Royal Navy Surface Fleet on Friday, 20 April 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/EquipmentAndLogistics/HmsDragonJoinsTheFleet.htm| title=HMS Dragon Joins the Fleet| publisher=Ministry of Defence| access-date=2012-04-27}} On Friday 27 April, she made her maiden visit to Liverpool, staying for three days. She 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 Dragon was sailing with the {{USS|Nimitz|CVN-68|6}} carrier group in the Arabian Sea, acting as the main point ship for aircraft control.{{Cite web|url=http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/News-and-Events/Latest-News/2013/August/01/130801-Dragon-prepare-for-new-RN-Carriers|title=Nimitz and company help Dragon prepare for new RN Carriers | Royal Navy|website=www.royalnavy.mod.uk}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/defence/protecting-the-defenders-on-the-high-seas-1-5448678|title=Protecting the defenders on the high seas}} In August 2013, several Typhoons from No. 6 Squadron RAF were exercising with Dragon and US fighters in the Persian Gulf.{{cite web|url=https://navynews.co.uk/archive/news/item/8625|title=Navy News - Reporting from the Fleet|access-date=21 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140430015258/https://navynews.co.uk/archive/news/item/8625|archive-date=30 April 2014|url-status=dead}} It sailed westward to the Eastern Mediterranean.{{cite web|url=https://navynews.co.uk/archive/news/item/9075|title=Navy News - Reporting from the Fleet|access-date=9 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027092806/https://navynews.co.uk/archive/news/item/9075|archive-date=27 October 2014|url-status=dead}}

In April 2014, Dragon was deployed to waters north of Scotland, after sailing from Portsmouth to track the Russian warship {{ship|Russian destroyer|Vice-Admiral Kulakov||2}}.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27130125| title=RAF fighter jets scrambled to investigate Russian planes| work=BBC News| date=23 April 2014| access-date=2014-04-23}} She was part of the Royal Navy's Atlantic Patrol Tasking in late 2014, visiting places such as the South Georgia Islands, the Falkland Islands, and a transit through the Panama Canal.{{Cite web|url=http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2014/october/27/141027-hms-dragon-leaves-portsmouth-on-deployment|title=HMS Dragon leaves Portsmouth on deployment | Royal Navy|website=www.royalnavy.mod.uk}}

October 2016, Dragon tracked two Russian corvettes in the Atlantic Ocean and Bay of Biscay during a major deployment of Russian naval forces near the United Kingdom.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/russian-warships-in-the-english-channel-destroyers-aircraft-carrier-aleppo-uk-british-navy-russia-a7370946.html |title=British warships tracking Russian fleet heading for the Channel |work=The Independent |first=Adam |last=Lusher |date=20 October 2016 |access-date=21 October 2016}}

On 11 February 2017, Dragon rescued the fourteen crew of the dismasted and adrift British yacht Clyde Challenger in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|610|nmi|km}} south west of Land's End, Cornwall.{{cite web |url=http://www.itv.com/news/2017-02-11/fourteen-rescued-by-royal-navy-warship-after-racing-yacht-becomes-stranded-in-atlantic-ocean/ |title=Fourteen rescued by Royal Navy warship after racing yacht becomes stranded in Atlantic Ocean |date=11 February 2017 |publisher=Independent Television News |access-date=11 February 2017}} Clyde Challenger was subsequently scuttled.{{cite web |url=http://www.maritimeherald.com/2017/sailing-yacht-clyde-challenger-abandoned-at-storm-in-atlantic-ocean/ |title=Sailing yacht Clyde Challenger abandoned at storm in Atlantic Ocean |work=Maritime Herald|date=13 February 2017 |access-date=13 February 2017}}

A 26 November 2018 press-release claimed Dragon discovered a suspicious boat while on operation in the Middle East. Sailors and Royal Marines boarded the vessel, and found 148 bags containing 3,048{{nbsp}}kg of hashish.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46346367 |title=HMS Dragon: Three tonnes of hashish seized in the Gulf |work=The BBC |date=26 November 2018 |access-date=26 November 2018}}

15 March 2019, Dragon made its seventh drug seizure: 224{{nbsp}}kg of heroin from a fishing vessel in the Arabian Sea.{{Cite web|url=https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2019/march/15/190315-dragon-seventh-drugs-bust|title = HMS Dragon breaks record with seventh drugs bust | Royal Navy}} During her time in the Arabian Sea, Dragon made eight drug busts and seized over eighteen tons of narcotics, a record for the number of successful busts and the total weight of drugs seized by a Royal Navy ship in the Middle East.

As of March 2019, {{HMS|Montrose|F236|6}} took over the current patrol role in the Middle East.{{Cite web|url=https://www.forces.net/news/services/navy/hms-dragon-seizes-ps56m-heroin|title = HMS Dragon Seizes £56m of Heroin| date=15 March 2019 }}

HMS Montrose replaced Dragon in the Persian Gulf in March 2019.

HMS Dragon set sail in May 2025 to take part in NATO's Formidable Shield; the largest at-sea live-fire exercise in Europe. https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/watch-as-british-warship-sails-from-faslane-at-sunset/

Characteristics

Dragon features a red Welsh Dragon on each side of her bow, the only Royal Navy ship to be adorned in this way. The dragons were there when she was launched, but were removed in a 2011 refit. They were restored in 2016 following a fundraising campaign led by the British Warships Association.{{cite news |last1=Flynn |first1=Jessica |title=Welsh dragon returns to the bows of Cardiff warship |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/welsh-dragon-returns-bows-cardiff-11351214 |access-date=17 August 2018 |work=Wales Online |date=18 May 2016}}

Affiliations

Cardiff, Wales{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6686029.stm |title=Navy destroyer linked to Cardiff |publisher=BBC News |access-date=2008-03-09 |date=2007-05-24}}
York, England{{cite web |url=https://navynews.co.uk/archive/news/item/8155 |title=Yes Minster… York takes on HMS Dragon as her affiliate |publisher=Navy News |access-date=2015-08-19 |date=2013-06-27}}
Wrexham, Wales{{Cite web|url=https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news/2024/may/01/20240501-dragon-and-wrexham-affiliation|title=HMS Dragon becomes first Royal Navy ship since the Second World War to be affiliated with Wrexham|website=www.royalnavy.mod.uk}}
The Royal Thames Yacht Club
The Worshipful Company of Plaisterers{{cite web|url=http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/operations-and-support/surface-fleet/future-ships/air-defence-destroyer-type-45/dragon/news/worshipful-company-of-plaisterers-visit/index.htm|title=Worshipful Company of Plaisterers visit|publisher=Royal Navy website|access-date=2010-12-14|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629162200/http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/operations-and-support/surface-fleet/future-ships/air-defence-destroyer-type-45/dragon/news/worshipful-company-of-plaisterers-visit/index.htm|archive-date=29 June 2011}}
The Welsh Livery Guild{{Cite web|url=https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/~/media/royal%20navy%20responsive/documents/welfare/newsletters/20141231-hms_dragon_dec_link_letter-u.pdf|title=LEM Draig: The Newsletter for HMS Dragon|website=Royal Navy|access-date=2018-03-02}}
Royal Navy recognised Sea Scout Groups of [http://www.tir-a-mor-scouts.org.uk Home] which are 1st Barry Sea Scouts, 5th Barry Sea Scouts and 6th Barry Sea Scouts RN97
South Wales District Sea Cadets
The Dragon School

In popular culture

Dragon appeared in No Time to Die, the 25th film of the James Bond series.{{cite web |url=https://www.hampshirelive.news/whats-on/whats-on-news/royal-navy-warship-hms-dragon-5868488.stm |title=Royal Navy warship HMS Dragon features in new James Bond No Time To Die trailer |publisher=Hampshire Live |access-date=2021-10-01 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The film inaccurately depicts the Type 45’s Aster Surface-to-Air missiles{{Cite web|url=https://www.mbda-systems.com/products/area-protection/aster-family|title=ASTER Family | MBDA|website=www.mbda-systems.com}} as land attack missiles. Shooting for Dragon’s role in the film’s finale took place off the Faroe Islands in September of 2019.{{Cite web|date=24 September 2021|title=See The Spectacular Set Of No Time To Die|url=https://entertainmentdog.com/lifestyle/see-the-spectacular-set-of-no-time-to-die/}}

Notes

References

External links

{{Official website}}

Category:Type 45 destroyers

Category:Ships built on the River Clyde

Category:2008 ships

Category:Destroyers of the United Kingdom