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HMS Drake (1901) 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 (shore establishment) is ...
The following table gives the build details and purchase cost of the members of the Drake class. Standard British practice at that time was for these costs to exclude armament and stores. The compilers of The Naval Annual revised costs quoted for British ships between the 1905 and 1906 editions. The reasons for the differences are unclear.
HMS King Alfred (1939 shore establishment) was a training establishment at Hove and later at Exbury. It was commissioned at Hove in 1939, moved to Exbury in January 1946 and paid off in August that year, reopening as HMS Hawke. HMS King Alfred II was a branch of the main King Alfred between 1940 and 1944, being renamed HMS King Alfred (M) in 1943.
The barracks were renamed HMS Drake on 1 January 1934. [1] Following the handover of Hong Kong in 1997, three QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss naval guns, recovered from HMS Tamar, were installed on the quarterdeck in front of the wardroom block, and have subsequently been used for royal salutes [6] and other special occasions. [7] [8]
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World War II: The passenger ship was intercepted in the Atlantic Ocean east of Iceland by HMS York ( Royal Navy) and was scuttled by her crew. Ten crew members were lost at sea. HMS York rescued 42 survivors but three of them died aboard her. [1] [30] [33] Carron United Kingdom
1940: 13,400: 1: 0 Sunk HMS Saltash Royal Navy: Fleet minesweeper: 1918: 710: Lt. Cdr. Thomas Randall Fowke, RN: 3: 750 Left Dynamo on 3 June due to minor damage and crew exhaustion HMS San Antonio Royal Navy: Dutch coaster: 1909: 410: Lt. Cdr. George Victor Legassick, RNR: 2: 431 HMS Sandown Royal Navy: Paddle minesweeper: 1934: 684
A crew member was killed. [89] [165] Stad Maastricht Netherlands: World War II: The tanker was torpedoed by S-59 ( Kriegsmarine). She sank on 25 September. [166] Tacoma: Vichy France: World War II: Battle of Dakar: The cargo ship was shelled and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean off Dakar by a British warship with the loss of six of her 30 crew ...