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HMS Drake |
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HMS Drake Laid Down : 24th April 1899 Launched : 5th March 1901 Completed : 13th January 1902 Type : Cruiser Class : Drake Builder : Pembroke Country : UK Sequence : This is the 18th ship with this name. Pennants : Fate : Sunk 2nd October 1917. |
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HMS Drake Photos for Sale |
  Ships Company, HMS Drake, 1905/06. |   H.M. The King, Admiral Sir John Fisher, Rear-Admiral H.S.H. Prince Louis of Battneberg, and Officers of HMS Drake at Portsmouth, 28th February 1905. |   HMS Drake, with Mount Vesuvius erupting in the background. |   HMS Drake display party at Ontario, Canada, September / October 1905. |   HMS Drake - Twice Winners of the Battenberg Cup, with their Trainer, Lieutenant Rankin. |
  HMS Drake, 1903. |   HMS Drake, 1910. |   HMS Drake. |   HMS Drake with crew standing on deck. |   Rear-Admiral W L Grant pictured c.1910 |
  HMS Drake pictured c.1903. |   HMS Drake. |   HMS Drake. |   HMS Drake - Ship's Cat Beefblock |   The signalling staff of HMS Drake. |
  HMS Drake. |   Crew members of HMS Drake. |
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5th March 1901 - Launched at Pembroke Dock 5th August 1903 - On Fleet Maneouvres 5th August 1903 - Commenced Fleet Maneouvres 1904 - Cruiser Squadron 1905 - 2nd Cruiser Squadron, Atlantic Fleet 31st January 1905 - Capt. Mark E. F. Kerr in Command 28th February 1905 - At Portsmouth 20th September 1905 - Capt. M.E.F. Kerr in Command 20th September 1905 - 2nd Cruiser Squadron 20th September 1905 - Flagship of Rear Admiral Prince Louis of Battenberg 20th September 1905 - Arrived Halifax, Nova Scotia 10th November 1905 - Arrived New York 14th November 1905 - At New York 1906 - 2nd Cruiser Squadron, Atlantic Fleet June 1906 - Atlantic Fleet. 2nd Cruiser Squadron. Flag Of R Adm Prince Louis 1907 - 2nd Cruiser Squadron, Atlantic Fleet 1908 - 2nd Cruiser Squadron, Atlantic Fleet 1909 - 1st Cruiser Squadron, Channel Fleet April 1909 - 1st Cruiser Squadron, 1st Division, Home Fleet April 1909 - Flagship of Rear-Admiral S.C.J. Colville 27th July 1910 - Arrived back at Torquay after Naval Review 27th July 1910 - Sailed Torquay for Naval Review 8th August 1914 - 3rd Cruiser Squadron 2nd October 1917 - Sunk by torpedo from U-79 | |||
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Last edited : 19:15, March 17, 2011
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