HMS Drake

Type:
Cruiser
Class:
Drake
Builder:
Pembroke Dockyard
Pembroke, Wales
Pennant Number:
N/A
Ordered:
N/A
Launched:
March 5, 1901
Keel Laid:
April 24, 1899
Completed:

January 13, 1902
   
Fate:
Sunk October 2, 1917 by SMS U-72 (torpedo).

Location: North Atlantic, Church Bay, Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland.
(55.17N - 06.12W)

18 crewmen killed, 1 died later of illness.
(Roll of Honour)


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Page published Apr. 17, 2011