HMS Dragon sailors help to raise almost £5,000 for military support charity at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.

By tom.cotterill1
Published 16th Apr 2019, 18:41 BST
Updated 17th Apr 2019, 19:51 BST
Sailors from HMS Dragon raised almost £5,000 for a military charity while they were overseas. Photo: TwitterSailors from HMS Dragon raised almost £5,000 for a military charity while they were overseas. Photo: Twitter
Sailors from HMS Dragon raised almost £5,000 for a military charity while they were overseas. Photo: Twitter
‘DRAGONS’ from a Royal Navy destroyer have been praised for raising thousands of pounds for a military charity while overseas.

Sailors from HMS Dragon managed to drum-up £4,939 during their seven-month stint at sea.

The money, raised while the crew were busy seizing a record-breaking £200m worth of drugs in the Middle East, will go to Fisher House. the official charity of Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.

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Taking to Twitter, the hospital said: ‘Huge thanks go to the incredible HMS Dragon team for raising such a wonderful amount of money for Fisher House, our home away from home for military patients and their families.’

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