HMS Drake

Nineteen ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Drake" after Sir Francis Drake or after the drake:

*HMS "Drake" was a 16-gun ship launched in 1653 and sold in 1691.
*HMS "Drake" was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1694 and wrecked later that year.
*HMS "Drake" was a 2-gun yacht launched in 1705. She was rebuilt in 1727 and was sold in 1749.
*HMS "Drake" was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1705, rebuilt in 1729 and broken up in 1740.
*HMS "Drake" was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1736, converted into a bomb vessel in 1748 and sold in 1755.
*HMS "Drake" was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1740 and wrecked in 1742. The wreck was sold in 1748.
*HMS "Drake" was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1743 and sold in 1748.
*HMS "Drake" was a 12-gun sloop launched as the civilian "Marquis of Granby". She was purchased in 1770 and briefly named HMS "Drake". She was renamed HMS "Resolution" in 1771 and served James Cook on his second and third voyages of discovery in the Pacific. She was captured in 1782 by the French ship "Sphinx".
*HMS "Drake" was a 14-gun sloop launched as the civilian "Resolution". She was purchased in 1777 and captured in 1778 by the American sloop USS "Ranger".
*HMS "Drake" was a 14-gun brig-sloop launched in 1779 and condemned in 1800.
*HMS "Drake" was a 14-gun brig-sloop, formerly the French privateer "Tigre". She was captured in 1798 by HMS "Melpomene" and wrecked in 1804.
*HMS "Drake" was a 16-gun sloop, launched as the civilian "Earl Mornington". She was purchased in 1804 and broken up in 1808.
*HMS "Drake" was a 10-gun "Cherokee" class brig-sloop launched in 1808 and wrecked in 1822.
*HMS "Drake" was a mortar vessel launched in 1834 as a dockyard lighter and converted in 1854. She was renamed "MV 1" in 1855, followed by HMS "Sheppey" after being returned to a lighter in 1856. She was broken up in 1867.
*HMS "Drake" was a "Clown" class gunboat launched in 1856 and sold in 1859.
*HMS "Drake" was a cutter, formerly named "YC 1" and acquired and renamed in 1870. She had previously been HMS "Hart". She was broken up in 1875.
*HMS "Drake" was a composite screw gunboat launched in 1875 as HMS "Sheldrake". She was renamed HMS "Drake" when she became a training ship in 1888. She was renamed "WV 29" in 1893, and was renamed HMS "Drake" in 1906 before being sold later that year.
* HMS "Drake" was a "Drake" class armoured cruiser launched in 1901 and sunk in 1917.
*HMS "Drake" was previously the "Marshal Ney" class monitor HMS "Marshal Ney". She was launched in 1915, became a base ship and was renamed HMS "Vivid" in 1922, HMS "Drake" in 1934 and HMS "Alaunia II" in 1947. She was broken up in 1957.
* HMS "Drake" is the name now given to HMNB Devonport.

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