HMS Drake (1901)
Coordinates: 55°17′53″N 6°12′25″W / 55.298°N 6.207°W
| 300PX HMS Drake | |
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Drake |
| Builder: | Pembroke Dock |
| Launched: | 5 March 1901 |
| Fate: | Sunk by U-79, 2 October 1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Drake-class armoured cruiser |
| Displacement: | 14,100 long tons (14,300 t) |
| Length: | 533 ft 6 in (162.61 m) |
| Beam: | 71.3 ft (21.7 m) |
| Draught: | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Installed power: | 30,000 ihp (22,000 kW) |
| Propulsion: |
2 × 4-cylinder triple expansion steam engines 43 × Belleville boilers 2 × screws |
| Speed: | 23 kn (26 mph; 43 km/h) |
| Range: | 7,000 nmi (8,100 mi; 13,000 km) at 14 kn (16 mph; 26 km/h) |
| Complement: | 900 |
| Armament: | 2 × BL 9.2 in (230 mm) guns, 16 × BL 6 in (150 mm) Mk VII guns, 14 × 12-pounder guns |
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HMS Drake was a 14,100 long tons (14,300 t) armoured cruiser of the Royal Navy, the lead ship of her class. She was built at Pembroke Dock and launched on 5 March 1901.
John Jellicoe, future First Sea Lord and commander at Jutland captained Drake in 1903-1904.[1] Another notable figure who served aboard Drake was Humphrey T. Walwyn, a future Vice Admiral of the Royal Indian Navy, who served aboard her as a Gunnery Lieutenant.
Drake served in the First World War and was torpedoed by the German submarine U-79 on 2 October 1917 in Rathlin Sound. Her wreck in Church Bay, Rathlin Island, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland is a favourite site for divers.
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
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