English ship Drake (1652)

History
Commonwealth of England
Name	Drake
Ordered	December 1651
Builder	Deptford Dockyard
Launched	1652
Commissioned	1651
Renamed	HMS Drake May 1660
Kingdom of England
Name	HMS Drake
Acquired	May 1660
Commissioned	September 1660
Honours and awards	Lowestoft 1665
Fate	Sold at Jamaica 1691
General characteristics as built
Class and type	14-gun sixth rate
Tons burthen	14646⁄94 tons (bm)
Length	85 ft 0 in (25.91 m) keel for tonnage
Beam	18 ft 8 in (5.69 m)
Draught	9 ft 0 in (2.74 m)
Depth of hold	7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	60 in 1660 70 in 1666 75/65/45 in 1677
Armament	as built 14/12 guns 10 guns in 1666 4 × demi-cannon 2 × 8-pdr sakers 4 × minions 16/14 sakers in 1677

The English ship Drake was a 14-gun sixth rate vessel built under the 1651 Programme at Deptford Dockyard for the Commonwealth of England in 1651/52. During her time in the Commonwealth Navy she spent her time patrolling Home Waters and did not participate actively in the First Anglo-Dutch War. On the restoration she was incorporated into the Royal Navy as HMS Drake. During the Second Anglo-Dutch War she fought in the Battle of Lowestoft. She spent the rest of her career patrolling Home Waters before going to Jamaica. She was sold in Jamaica in 1691.

She was the first vessel to bear the name Drake in the English Royal Navy.^[1]

She was awarded the Battle Honour Lowestoft 1665.^[2]