HMS Drake (1901)
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 HMS Drake |
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| Career |  |
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| Name: | HMS Drake |
| Builder: | Pembroke Dock |
| Launched: | March 5, 1901 |
| Fate: | Sunk October 2, 1917 by U-79 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen: | 14,100 tons |
| Length: | 533 ft 6 in (162.6 m) |
| Beam: | 71.3 ft (21.7 m) |
| Draught: | 28 ft (8.5 m) maximum |
| Propulsion: | 43 coal-fired Belleville boilers providing steam for two 4-cylinder triple expansion steam engines, twin screws. 30,000 ihp |
| Speed: | 23 knots (43 km/h) maximum |
| Range: | 7,000 nautical miles at 14 knots (26 km/h) |
| Complement: | 900 |
| Armament: | 2 x 9.2-in guns in single turrets 16 x 6-in guns in casemates along hull 14 x 12 pounder guns |
| Armour: | 11.5 ft wide 6 in belt amidships thinning to 3 in at bow 6 in barbettes 6 in turrets 12 in conning tower |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Drake.
HMS Drake was a 14,100-ton Drake-class armoured cruiser of the Royal Navy, the lead ship of the class. She was built at Pembroke Dock and launched on March 5, 1901.
John Jellicoe, future First Sea Lord and commander at Jutland captained Drake from 1903 to 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 U-79 on October 2, 1917 in Rathlin Sound. Her wreck in Church Bay, Rathlin Island, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland is a favourite site for divers.
[edit] References
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). 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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