| History | |
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| Name | Drake |
| Ordered | December 1651 |
| Builder | Deptford Dockyard |
| Launched | 1652 |
| Commissioned | 1651 |
| Renamed | HMS Drake May 1660 |
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| 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 |
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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]