HMS Drake (1741)

HMS Drake was an 8-gun snow-rigged sloop of the Royal Navy, launched in 1741 as the first of three Drake class sloops constructed for convoy duty during the Anglo-Spanish War of Jenkins' Ear from 1739 to 1742. After limited service off the Channel Islands, she was sailed to Gibraltar where she was wrecked in 1742 while under the temporary command of her first lieutenant.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Drake.

History
Great Britain
NameHMS Drake
Ordered24 June 1740
BuilderThomas West, Wapping
Laid down25 September 1740
Launched19 February 1741
Completed4 April 1741 at Deptford Dockyard
CommissionedFebruary 1741
Out of service22 November 1742
FateWrecked in Gibraltar harbour
General characteristics
Class and type8-gun Drake-class snow sloop
Tons burthen206 43⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 85 ft 1.5 in (25.9 m) (overall)
  • 68 ft 8.6 in (20.9 m) (keel)
Beam23 ft 9.25 in (7.2 m)
Draught9 ft 6 in (2.9 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planSnow-rigged sloop
Complement80
Armament
  • 8 × 4pdrs
  • 12 × 1/2pdr swivels
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