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HMS Dragon (1798)

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served in the navy's Egyptian campaign between 8 March 1801 and 2 September, her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal that the
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had landed her guns and fortified a position on the bank with fifteen 18-pounders commanding the river. Moving up the river took two days, but eventually, after the
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Head money was finally paid in June 1829. A first-class share of the head money was worth £72 18s 6½d; a sixth-class share was worth 4s 2½d.
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was copper-bottomed and pierced for 16 guns. She had a crew of 65 men under the command of
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when the British captured her off Ouessant. The Royal Navy took her into service as HMS
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Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy
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she served in the Channel Squadron. On 17 February 1806, she ran aground on the
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The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850.
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In 1799, she sailed to the Mediterranean as part of a squadron under
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was in Hamoaze. There she ran into and dismasted the brig
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was sailing from Gibraltar to Britain in company with
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had been returning from Martinique and was bound for
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74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy
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No. 11482. 28 February 1806. 252:Gundeck: 28 ×  32-pounder guns 218:178 ft (54.3 m) (gundeck) 714:. 15 March 1850. pp. 791–792. 501:took part in an expedition up the 226:48 ft 3 in (14.7 m) 14: 614:was the flagship for Admiral Sir 488:destroyed the American privateer 234:20 ft 6 in (6.2 m) 1430: 1425: 942: 59: 35: 1480:Shipwrecks in the Bay of Biscay 829:. 21 August 1819. p. 1496. 664:A first-class share was worth 533:, as well as some transports. 292:, launched on 2 April 1798 at 1: 569:, accompanied by a boat from 351:when they sighted two French 849:. 2 June 1829. p. 1008. 810:- accessed 10 November 2013. 760:. 21 June 1803. p. 741. 880:The Anglo-American Magazine 261:: 14 ×  9-pounder guns 154:Naval General Service Medal 1496: 1475:Maritime incidents in 1810 1470:Maritime incidents in 1806 494:, of ten guns and 47 men. 296:. 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Index

HMS Dragon
HMS Fame

Antoine Roux
Royal Navy Ensign
Great Britain
Battle of Cape Finisterre
Battle of Hampden
Battle of Fort Peter
Naval General Service Medal
third rate
ship of the line
bm
QD
Fc
third rate
ship of the line
Royal Navy
Rotherhithe
William Rule
Sir Charles Cotton
Sir John Warren
Admiralty
Alligator
Prevoyante
ships of the line
Cape St. Vincent
Endymion
Colombe
Brest

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