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* '''HMS Drake (1901)''': The lead ship of the Drake Class armoured cruisers, this ''HMS Drake'' served the Royal Navy in World War I, until being sunk by a German U-Boat in 1917. | * '''HMS Drake (1901)''': The lead ship of the Drake Class armoured cruisers, this ''HMS Drake'' served the Royal Navy in World War I, until being sunk by a German U-Boat in 1917. | ||
* '''HMS Drake (1934)''': Originally launched in 1915 as the ''HMS Marshal Ney'', this Monitor Class vessel was renamed ''HMS Drake'' in January 1934. The ship was always viewed as something of a failure, due to the unreliability of her diesel engines. She served as a depot ship from 1920-1922, then as a stoker training ship from 1922 to her decommissioning in 1957. | * '''HMS Drake (1934)''': Originally launched in 1915 as the ''HMS Marshal Ney'', this Monitor Class vessel was renamed ''HMS Drake'' in January 1934. The ship was always viewed as something of a failure, due to the unreliability of her diesel engines. She served as a depot ship from 1920-1922, then as a stoker training ship from 1922 to her decommissioning in 1957. | ||
A full list can be found at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Drake HMS Drake] | |||