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| conflict    = First Battle of Dragovich
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| partof      = [[Third Vionnan-Molvanian War]]
| image       = [[File:Dreadnought aflame.jpg]]
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| caption     = The only known picture of the battle, this phtograph shows the bow of the Dreadnought aflame under fire from the Molvanian batteries.
| date        = 7th-8th February 1897
| place       = Dragovich, Molvani
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| result      = Imperial Strategic Victory
Dreadnought escapes
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| combatant1  = [[File:Flag of Castile-La Mancha.svg|25px]] [[United Kingdom of Vionna-Frankenlisch|Vionna-Frankenlisch]]
| combatant2  = [[File:Molvani.jpg|25px]] [[Tsardom of Molvani|Molvani]]
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| commander1  = [[File:Flag of Castile-La Mancha.svg|25px]] Admiral [[Arnold Hood, Earl of Greybach|Lord Hood]]<br />
[[File:Flag of Castile-La Mancha.svg|25px]] Captain Remtis Colburn
| commander2  = [[File:Molvani.jpg|25px]] [[Cadensk Dzendrich]]{{WIA}}<br />
[[File:Molvani.jpg|25px]] [[Ivan Stuk]]
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| units1      = [[HMNS Dreadnought]]<br />
[[Z-71]] (Captured)
| units2      = [[Dragovich Naval Station]]<br />
Dragovich Garrison
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| strength1   = 1 Battleship, 1 Captured Torpedo Boat
| strength2   = 1 Protected Cruiser, 2 Destroyers, 7 Gunboats and Torpedo boats<br />
3,000 Men, 18 batteries and forts
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| casualties1 = 21 Killed
58 Wounded
| casualties2 = 43 Killed
108 Wounded and Captured
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The '''First Battle of Dragovich''' was the first engagement of the [[Third Vionnan-Molvanian War|Third Imperial-Molvanian War]] and was fought between HMNS Dreadnought, a battleship of the [[Imperial Navy (Vionna-Frankenlisch)|Imperial Navy]] and the Dragovich Naval Station consisting of 11 vessels, 18 shore emplacements and 3,000 troops of the Imperial Molvanian Army. HMNS Dreadnought was already in port when war broke out and an attempt to capture the ship went wrong. Dreadnought, under the command of [[Arnold Hood, Earl of Greybach|Admiral Lord Hood]], was able to escape Dragovich with a captured torpedo boat, Z-71.