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HMS Drake was a Forester-class composite screw gunboat launched in 1875 as HMS Sheldrake. She was renamed HMS Drake when she became a training ship in 1888. She was renamed WV 29 in 1893, and was renamed HMS Drake in 1906 before being sold later that year. HMS Drake (1901) was a Drake-class armoured cruiser launched in 1901 and sunk in 1917.
HMS Leviathan. The ships served in the First World War with only two surviving it. Good Hope was sunk at the Battle of Coronel in 1914 and Drake was torpedoed in 1917. Drake was also used to ferry Russian bullion (gold) in October 1914 from Arkhangelsk. The gold (equivalent of $39 million) was security for western loans.
1 June 1940: Sunk by German aircraft HMS Skipjack (J38) 51° 03'N, 2° 24'E, off Dunkirk: 1 June 1940: Sunk by German aircraft HMS Dundalk (J60) 52º 03'N, 01º 48'E, off Harwich: 17 October 1940: Sunk by naval mine HMS Mercury Irish Sea: 25 December 1940: Sunk by naval mine HMS Huntley (J56) 31° 25'N, 26° 48'E, off Mersa Matruh: 31 January 1941
Drake ' s crew was taken off before she capsized later that afternoon. [ 26 ] Her wreck at 55°17.1084′N 06°12.5136′W / 55.2851400°N 6.2085600°W / 55.2851400; -6.2085600 in Church Bay is a favourite site for divers because the wreck is only at a depth between 15–19 metres (49–62 ft) and generally has good visibility
SS Almeria Lykes (1940) HMT Almond; MS American Leader; HMCS Amherst; USS Anne Arundel; HMS Anson (79) Japanese minelayer Aotaka; SS Aquila (1940) HMS Arabis (K73) Japanese destroyer Arashi; HMS Arbutus (K86) Arkansas II; HMCS Arrowhead; HMAS Arunta (I30) HMCS Arvida; HMS Asphodel (K56) HMS Athene; HMS Aubrietia (K96) HMS Auricula (K12) HMS ...
Reports that artefacts were removed from the wreck of La Girona and HMS Drake are being investigated. Warning issued after potential artefacts removed from shipwrecks off Co Antrim coast Skip to ...
List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1940 Ship State Description Ajax: Vichy French Navy: Ajax sinking. World War II: Battle of Dakar: The Redoutable-class submarine was bombed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Dakar, French West Africa, by aircraft based on HMS Ark Royal ( Royal Navy). All 61 crew were rescued by HMS Fortune ( Royal Navy). [89 ...
List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1940 Ship State Description Berillo Regia Marina: World War II: The Perla-class submarine (695 t) was attacked in the Mediterranean Sea off Sidi Barrani, Egypt by HMS Hasty and HMS Havock (both Royal Navy) and was scuttled by her crew. Two of her 47 crew were killed, the survivors were captured.