Previous Vessels Named Drake
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Sir Francis Drake (1540-1596)
Born in Tavistock, England, in 1540, Drake was the eldest of twelve sons.
Commissioned in 1572 by Queen Elizabeth as a privateer -- essentially a licensed pirate -- to perform raids on the Spanish Main.
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Drake's Drum
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HMS Drake
Between 1653 and 1957, no fewer than nineteen British vessels bore the name HMS Drake.
Among the more notable ships to bear the name in Her Majesty's Royal Navy were:
- HMS Drake (1771): A Royal Navy sloop, this Drake was renamed HMS Resolution in December of 1771 and became the ship in which the renowned Captain James Cook made his second and third voyages to explore the Pacific Ocean.
- 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.