HMS Drake (1694)

History
England
Name	HMS Drake
Ordered	2 May 1694
Builder	George Fowler, Rotherhithe
Launched	26 September 1694
Commissioned	26 September 1694
Fate	Lost with all hands on 20 December 1694
General characteristics
Type	20-gun Sixth Rate
Tons burthen	253+6⁄94 bm
Length	93 ft 0 in (28.3 m) gundeck 77 ft 8 in (23.7 m) keel for tonnage
Beam	24 ft 9 in (7.5 m) for tonnage
Depth of hold	10 ft 8 in (3.3 m)
Armament	initially as ordered 20 × sakers on wooden trucks (UD) 4 × 3-pdr on wooden trucks (QD) 1703 Establishment 20 × 6-pdrs on wooden trucks (UD) 4 × 4-pdr on wooden trucks (QD)

HMS Drake was a member of the standardized 20-gun sixth rates built at the end of the 17th century. After commissioning she was lost within three months on the Irish Coast in a storm on 20 December 1694.^[1]

Drake was the second named vessel since it was used for a 16-gun vessel launched at Deptford in 1653 and sold at Jamaica in 1691.^[2]