Nineteen ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Drake after Sir Francis Drake or after the drake:
HMS Drake (1653) was a 16-gun sixth rate launched in 1653 and sold in 1691.
HMS Drake (1694) was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1694 and wrecked later that year.
HMS Drake (1705 yacht) was a 2-gun yacht launched in 1705. She was rebuilt in 1727 and was sold in 1749.
HMS Drake (1705 sloop) was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1705, rebuilt in 1729 and broken up in 1740.
HMS Drake (1736) was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1736, converted into a bomb vessel in 1748 and sold in 1755.
HMS Drake (1741) was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1741 and wrecked in 1742. The wreck was sold in 1748.
HMS Drake (1743) was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1743 and sold in 1748.
HMS Drake (1770) was a 12-gun sloop launched as the civilian Marquis of Granby. She was purchased in 1770 and briefly named HMS Drake. She was renamed HMS Resolution in 1771 and served James Cook on his second and third voyages of discovery in the Pacific. She was captured in 1782 by the French ship Sphinx. In July 1782 the French sent her to Manila. In 1789 she may have been renamed Général Conway, in November 1790 Amis Réunis, and in 1792 Liberté.
HMS Drake (1777) was a 14-gun sloop launched as the civilian Resolution. She was purchased in 1777 and captured in 1778 by the American sloop USS Ranger.
HMS Drake (1779) was a 14-gun brig-sloop launched in 1779 and condemned in 1800.
HMS Drake (1798) was a 14-gun brig-sloop, formerly the French privateer Tigre. She was captured in 1798 by HMS Melpomene and wrecked in 1804.
HMS Drake (1804) was a 16-gun sloop, launched in 1799 for the East India Company as the civilian Earl of Mornington. She was purchased in 1804 and broken up in 1808.
HMS Drake (1808) was a 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop launched in 1808 and wrecked in 1822.
HMS Drake (1834) was a mortar vessel launched in 1834 as a dockyard lighter and converted in 1854. She was renamed MV 1 in 1855, followed by HMS Sheppey after being returned to a lighter in 1856. She was broken up in 1867.
HMS Drake (1856) was a Clown-class gunboat launched in 1856 and sold in 1859.
HMS Drake (1870) was a cutter, formerly named YC 1 and acquired and renamed in 1870. She had previously been HMS Hart. She was broken up in 1875.
HMS Drake (1888) 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 Drake (1934) 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 name now given to HMNB Devonport. From 1934 to the early 21st century, it referred only to the naval barracks within the base.
named HMSDrake after Sir Francis Drake or after the drake: HMSDrake (1653) was a 16-gun sixth rate launched in 1653 and sold in 1691. HMSDrake (1694)...
were first commissioned as HMS Vivid, before being renamed HMSDrake in 1934. Since the early 21st century the name HMSDrake (and its command structure)...
from 1964 to 2002 Drake (Plymouth ward), a ward in the city of Plymouth, United Kingdom HMSDrake, several British Royal Navy ships Drake-class cruiser,...
carrying his name include Drake's Island, Drake Circus Shopping Centre, and the Royal Navy base HMNB Devonport (also known as "HMSDrake"). Plymouth Hoe is also...
the intention of seizing a Royal Navy ship moored off Carrickfergus, HMSDrake. Unsuccessful, he returned to Whitehaven, and achieved another objective...
on the home station, successively HMS Tiber, HMS Madagascar, and HMS Maeander, and in the 32-gun HMS Sir Francis Drake, flagship of Sir Charles Hamilton...
torpedo bombers. Commissioned as HMS Urley (Manx for Eagle) by the Admiralty on 21 June 1944, with accounts handled by HMS Valkyrie, flying recommenced on...
Scotland, before returning during March, then moving onto RNAS Roborough (HMSDrake II), near Plymouth, Devon, at the end of May. Around the same time 816...
plaque dedicated to HMS Glorious and her escort destroyers Ardent and Acasta, was unveiled in St. Nicholas's Church, in HMSDrake, Devonport in 2002....
Drake Street is a street in Admiralty, Hong Kong. It was named after the Royal Navy ship HMSDrake. A portion of the Admiralty MTR station lies underneath...
Royal Navy sloop of war, HMSDrake, moored at Carrickfergus. Having failed, he returned a few days later and challenged Drake to a fight out in the North...
The base was renamed HMSDrake in 1934. A number of ships were renamed HMS Vivid whilst serving as depot ships for the base: HMS Vivid (1891) was the...
following February, he was given command of the Second Cruiser Squadron, with HMSDrake as his flagship. During a successful two years the squadron visited Greece...
air stations and a support facility base in Bahrain: HMNB Devonport (HMSDrake) – This is currently the largest operational naval base in Western Europe...