HMS Drake (1694)

History
England
Name	HMS Drake
Ordered	2 May 1694
Builder	George Fowler, Rotherhithe
Launched	26 September 1694
Commissioned	26 September 1694
Fate	Lost with all hands on 20 December 1694
General characteristics
Type	20-gun Sixth Rate
Tons burthen	253+6⁄94 bm
Length	93 ft 0 in (28.3 m) gundeck; 77 ft 8 in (23.7 m) keel for tonnage;
Beam	24 ft 9 in (7.5 m) for tonnage
Depth of hold	10 ft 8 in (3.3 m)
Armament	initially as ordered; 20 × sakers on wooden trucks (UD); 4 × 3-pdr on wooden trucks (QD); 1703 Establishment; 20 × 6-pdrs on wooden trucks (UD); 4 × 4-pdr on wooden trucks (QD);

NameHMS Drake

Ordered2 May 1694

BuilderGeorge Fowler, Rotherhithe

Launched26 September 1694

HMS Drake was a member of the standardized 20-gun sixth rates built at the end of the 17th century. After commissioning, she was lost within three months on the Irish Coast in a storm on 20 December 1694.^[1]

She was the second vessel to be named Drake. The first was a 16-gun vessel launched at Deptford in 1653 and sold at Jamaica in 1691.^[2]

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Maidstone Jersey Lizard Newport Falcon Queenborough Swan Drake Solebay Seahorse Bideford Penzance Dunwich Orford Lizard Flamborough Seaford Deal Castle
Preceded by: None Followed by: Nightingale Group
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England
Name	HMS Drake
Ordered	2 May 1694
Builder	George Fowler, Rotherhithe
Launched	26 September 1694
Commissioned	26 September 1694
Fate	Lost with all hands on 20 December 1694


General characteristics
Type	20-gun Sixth Rate
Tons burthen	253+6⁄94 bm
Length	93 ft 0 in (28.3 m) gundeck 77 ft 8 in (23.7 m) keel for tonnage
Beam	24 ft 9 in (7.5 m) for tonnage
Depth of hold	10 ft 8 in (3.3 m)
Armament	initially as ordered 20 × sakers on wooden trucks (UD) 4 × 3-pdr on wooden trucks (QD) 1703 Establishment 20 × 6-pdrs on wooden trucks (UD) 4 × 4-pdr on wooden trucks (QD)