"English ship Bonaventure (1567) Bonaventure (also known as Elizabeth Bonaventure) was a 47-gun galleon purchased by the Royal Navy in 1567. She was the third vessel to bear the name. She was commanded by Sir Francis Drake during his 1587 attack on Cadiz, and a year later was part of the fleet to face the Spanish Armada. The ship took part in the Great Expedition by privateer Francis Drake, which raided the Spanish New World in 1585 and 1586. As part of the Expedition, ""Bonaventure"" was present for Drake's assaults on Santo Domingo, Cartagena de Indias and San Augustin. After"
"Francis Drake Sir Francis Drake ( – 28 January 1596) was an English sea captain, privateer, slave trader, naval officer and explorer of the Elizabethan era. Drake carried out the second circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition, from 1577 to 1580, and was the first to complete the voyage as captain while leading the expedition throughout the entire circumnavigation. With his incursion into the Pacific Ocean, he claimed what is now California for the English and inaugurated an era of conflict with the Spanish on the western coast of the Americas, an area that had previously been largely"
"Grâce à Dieu"", ""Revenge"" was rated as a galleon. The armament of ships of this period was fluid; guns might be added, removed or changed for different types for dozens of reasons. ""Revenge"" was particularly heavily armed during her last cruise: she carried 20 heavy demi-cannon, culverins and demi-culverins on her gun deck, where the sailors slept. On her upper decks were more demi-culverins, sakers, and a variety of light weapons, including swivel-mounted breech-loaders, called ""fowlers"" or ""falcons"". In 1587, Sir Francis Drake sailed to the Spanish coast and destroyed much ""materiel"" that Philip II had accumulated in preparation for"
"HMS Drake (1777) HMS ""Drake"" was a 14-gun sloop-of-war of the British Royal Navy. Originally the merchantman ""Resolution"", she was purchased in early 1777 and commissioned in April 1777, being fitted for RN service at Plymouth from 19 April to 24 May. She served in the American Revolutionary War, and on 24 April 1778, off Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland, she fought the North Channel naval duel with the 18-gun sloop of the Continental Navy, commanded by Captain John Paul Jones. Five of ""Drake's"" crew, including her captain, George Burdon, were killed, and after an hour-long engagement, ""Drake"" surrendered to the Americans."
"the Armada. In consequence, Spanish plans for the invasion of England were put off until the following year. In early 1588, Drake moved his flag from ""Elizabeth Bonaventure"" to ""Revenge"", which was considered to be the best by far of the new ships. On 29 July 1588 the Battle of Gravelines (named after a Flemish town near Calais), was concluded as one of the fiercest and most decisive battles engaged in during these years. At the outset of the conflict, ""Revenge"" proved worthy of her reputation. Following ""Revenge"" at the head of the line, the English fleet engaged their broadsides"
"Franklin J. Drake Franklin Jeremiah Drake (4 March 1846 – 30 January 1929) was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy. He fought in the American Civil War and the United States expedition to Korea. Drake was a descendant of the Royal Navys Admiral Sir Bernard Drake (c. 1537–1586). Drake was born on 4 March 1846 at Yates in Orleans County, New York. He served in the U.S. Navy as an enlisted man in the North Atlantic Squadron, participating aboard the sloop-of-war in the Union blockade of the Confederate States of America and in hunting Confederate privateers during the"
"English pirate, Francis Drake, “El Draque”, appears before the coasts of Cartagena with a fleet of up to 23 ships of war and more than 3,000 men, and attacked the city, in which it was the most important military action carried out in the 16th century against the ports of America. Cartagena was taken and Drake was devoted to looting: It reduced to ashes a little more than half of the city and, before the refusal of its inhabitants to pay the juicy ransom that demanded, threatened to demolish to cannonades the cathedral, that at that moment had to be"
"there were 4,000 sailors and 1,500 officers and gentlemen adventurers. Drake assigned his vessels to five squadrons, led respectively by himself in the ""Revenge"", Sir John Norreys in the ""Nonpareil"", Norreys' brother Edward in the ""Foresight"", Thomas Fenner in the ""Dreadnought"", and Roger Williams in the ""Swiftsure"". Also sailing with them — against the Queen's express orders — was the Earl of Essex. Most of the ships lost in Philip II's expedition of 1588 had been armed merchantmen, while the core of the Armada — the galleons of the Spanish navy's Atlantic fleet — survived their voyage home and docked"
"at the start of the Napoleonic Wars he was promoted to commander and served in HMS ""Diligence"" and HMS ""Combatant"" at the blockade of Boulogne. In 1806 he was promoted to captain and from 1808 took a series of temporary commissions as commander of the ships of the line HMS ""Tigre"", HMS ""Valiant"" and HMS ""Revenge"" in the Channel Fleet, then commanded by his old captain, now Lord Gambier. In April 1809, ""Revenge"" was heavily engaged at the Battle of Basque Roads, in which a French fleet was driven ashore at the mouth of the Charente River and partially destroyed."
"Francis William Drake Francis William Drake (1724 – 1788/9) was an officer of the Royal Navy. He served during the War of the Austrian Succession, the Seven Years' War and the American War of Independence, rising to the rank of vice-admiral of the red. Not much is known of Francis William's early life. He was born in Buckland Monachorum, Devon in 1724 and was baptized on 22 August that year. He was the third son, and the second surviving son, of Anne Heathcote and Sir Francis Henry Drake. This line of Drakes descended from the brother of Elizabethan naval hero"
"the Spanish coast and captured a valuable Spanish merchantship and also participated in the Battle of Cape Finisterre under Robert Calder against the combined Franco-Spanish fleet of Pierre-Charles Villeneuve. By 1807, ""Revenge"" was stationed with the Mediterranean Fleet and participated in the Dardanelles Operation under John Thomas Duckworth. During the attempt to reach Constantinople, ""Revenge"" suffered ten men killed and 14 wounded. Legge was later part of the naval contingent in the Walcheren Expedition and, with thousands of his men, contracted malaria and was evacuated home, severely ill. In July 1810, Legge was promoted to rear-admiral and the following year"
"North Channel Naval Duel The North Channel naval duel was a single-ship action between the United States Continental Navy sloop of war ""Ranger"" (Captain John Paul Jones) and the British Royal Navy sloop of war ""Drake"" (Captain George Burdon) on the evening of 24 April 1778. Fought in the North Channel, separating Ireland from Scotland, it was the first American defeat of a Royal Navy ship within British home waters, and also very nearly the only American victory over the Royal Navy in the Revolution achieved without an overwhelming superiority of force. The action was one of a series of"
"three men apparently shared responsibility for the voyage but Drake soon assumed the role of commander of the expedition, a matter which caused friction between Drake and the aristocratic Doughty. Doughty was given command of a captured Portuguese ship, the ""Santa Maria"" (renamed ""Mary""). Tension between Drake and Doughty worsened when Doughty caught Drake's brother, Thomas Drake, stealing from the captured cargo of the vessel. Drake assumed command of the ""Mary"" and reassigned Doughty to command his flagship the ""Pelican."" During the long voyage across the Atlantic, Drake's hostility increased, fuelled by the rancor of his brother. Drake eventually demoted"
"to 1915, Drake served as a technical expert for the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague in the Netherlands. Drake died in Washington, D.C., on the evening of 30 January 1929. He is buried with his wife at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Franklin J. Drake Franklin Jeremiah Drake (4 March 1846 – 30 January 1929) was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy. He fought in the American Civil War and the United States expedition to Korea. Drake was a descendant of the Royal Navys Admiral Sir Bernard Drake (c. 1537–1586). Drake was born on 4"
"the command of Lt. William Bainbridge. ""Retaliation"" departed Norfolk on 28 October 1798 with and and cruised in the West Indies protecting American commerce during the Quasi-War with France. On 20 November, a pair of French frigates, ""Insurgente"" and ""Volontaire"", overtook ""Retaliation"" while her consorts were away on a chase and forced Bainbridge to surrender the hopelessly out-gunned schooner. However, even as a prisoner, the American officer managed to serve his country. He saved ""Montezuma"" and ""Norfolk"" by convincing the senior French commander that those American warships were too powerful for his frigates and induced him to abandon the chase."
"Jones was able to evade capture and deliver ""Drake"" to Brest, France as his prize on 8 May 1778. This was the first, and most complete, American victory over any Royal Navy vessel in British waters. HMS Drake (1777) HMS ""Drake"" was a 14-gun sloop-of-war of the British Royal Navy. Originally the merchantman ""Resolution"", she was purchased in early 1777 and commissioned in April 1777, being fitted for RN service at Plymouth from 19 April to 24 May. She served in the American Revolutionary War, and on 24 April 1778, off Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland, she fought the North Channel naval"
"HMS Drake (1779) HMS ""Drake"" was a 14-gun brig-sloop of the Royal Navy. She was bought from a commercial builder during the early years of the American War of Independence, and went on to support operations in the English Channel and the Caribbean. At one stage she assisted an attack on a French-held island, an expedition commanded by a young Horatio Nelson. Laid up for a time after the end of the American War of Independence, she returned to service shortly before the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars. ""Drake"" spent most of her time in Caribbean waters, until being"
"Drake to redirect the fleet to less uncertain plunder on the Spanish Main. Drake is resolute, but alienates his former friend through his high-handedness. Doughty believes that his investment, his advocacy of the venture at court, and his command of the soldiers accompanying the fleet, entitle him to equal command. The fleet encounters the ""Santa Maria"", a Portuguese vessel. Upon its capture, Drake induces the cooperation of its captain and navigator, Nuno da Silva, who has an extensive knowledge of the coastline of Brazil. Hostilities escalate when Drake reprimands one of Doughty's officers for stealing from a Portuguese prisoner. Doughty"
"of the squadron that escorted Caroline of Brunswick to Britain before her marriage to Prince George. In 1797 he moved to HMS ""Cambrian"" and operated independently off the French Channel coast, sailing from Weymouth. During these services he frequently spent time with royalty visiting the port and captured a number of French prizes. Legge remained in command of ""Cambrian"" until the Peace of Amiens in 1802. With the outbreak of the Napoleonic Wars in 1803, Legge was recalled to the Navy and took command of the ship of the line HMS ""Revenge"". In 1805 ""Revenge"" was ordered to cruise off"
"declaring that a state of war existed between the United States and Guadeloupe. After continuing their cruise for a few weeks, both ""Insurgent"" and ""Constellation"" were forced to return to Norfolk by the end of March due to the expiration of the terms of enlistment of their crews. On her next cruise ""Constellation"" prevailed in another action against ""La Vengeance"", although her own casualties were heavy this time, and that French frigate escaped ""L'Insurgente""s fate. USS Constellation vs L'Insurgente USS ""Constellation"" vs ""L'Insurgente"", or the Action of 9 February 1799, was a single-ship action fought between frigates of the French"
"a post which he retained until the following year. In 1757 he took command of HMS ""Revenge"" and kept it until 1760. On board, he took part in the Battle of Cartagena on 28 February 1758 off the Spanish port of Cartagena in the Mediterranean. A British fleet under the command of Admiral Osborn, who blocked the French fleet inside the port of Cartagena, attacked and defeated a French fleet under the orders of Michel-Ange Duquesne de Menneville, who had come to their aid. The interception of the French fleet was intended to limit the reinforcements sent to the aid"
"USS Constellation vs La Vengeance The USS ""Constellation"" vs ""La Vengeance"", or the Action of 1 February 1800, was a single-ship action fought between frigates of the French Navy and the United States Navy during the Quasi-War. In the battle the American frigate USS ""Constellation"" tried to take the French frigate ""La Vengeance"" as a prize. Both ships were heavily damaged. Although the French frigate struck her colors twice, she managed to flee after the main mast of her opponent had fallen. In 1798, an undeclared war had begun between the United States and France due to French seizures of"
"purchased by the U.S. Navy. ""Retaliation"" departed Norfolk on 28 October 1798, with and , and cruised in the West Indies protecting U.S. commerce. On 20 November 1798, the French frigates ""L'Insurgente"" and overtook ""Retaliation"" while her consorts were away; they forced commanding officer Lieutenant William Bainbridge to surrender the out-gunned schooner. Bainbridge was allowed to remain on board ""Retaliation"", and after ten days of detainment was allowed to go ashore to Guadaloupe and negotiate terms of prisoner exchange with French General Desferneaux. The Governor promised to free officers and crew if Bainbridge, acting as a U.S. representative, would agree"
"Sir Francis Samuel Drake, 1st Baronet Sir Francis Samuel Drake, 1st Baronet (1729 – 19 October 1789) was an officer of the Royal Navy. He served during the Seven Years' War and the American War of Independence, rising to the rank of Rear-admiral of the Red. Francis was baptised on 14 September 1729, at Buckland Monachorum, Devonshire. He was the fourth son of Sir Francis Drake, 4th Baronet, and Anne Heathcote. He was the younger brother of Sir Francis Henry Drake, 5th Baronet, the last in the line of baronets descending from Sir Francis Drake, 1st Baronet, nephew of the"
"Alexander Robert Kerr Captain Alexander Robert Kerr (1770 – 4 August 1831) was a Royal Navy officer of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century who is best known for his service as captain of the ship of the line HMS ""Revenge"" at the Battle of Basque Roads in 1809 and his subsequent involvement in the court-martial of Admiral Lord Gambier which followed. He had earlier in his career fought and been badly wounded at the Action of 31 July 1793 off the coast of New Jersey. Kerr was born in 1770, the son of Robert Kerr, a Royal Navy"
"had two daughters; the elder Sophia (1765 - 14 June 1803), was mother of Peter, 5th Count de Salis-Soglio. Francis William Drake died in late 1788 or early 1789, or more likely December 1787. Francis William Drake Francis William Drake (1724 – 1788/9) was an officer of the Royal Navy. He served during the War of the Austrian Succession, the Seven Years' War and the American War of Independence, rising to the rank of vice-admiral of the red. Not much is known of Francis William's early life. He was born in Buckland Monachorum, Devon in 1724 and was baptized on"
"Sir William Wynter, one of the Queen's most trusted naval commanders, who was leading a fleet of four heavily armed vessels to Ireland under orders to put down the Desmond rebellion against the English Crown. Frobisher secured an appointment as captain of the ""Foresight"" and sailed in early March 1580; in November, he participated in the Siege of Smerwick at Dingle, a rocky promontory on the southwestern shore of Kerry, where the ""Emanuel"" had wrecked two years previously. Frobisher joined Francis Drake on his 1585 raids of Spanish ports and shipping in the West Indies as vice-admiral of Drake's fleet,"
"1757 and 1758, and then went to St. Helena to escort the homeward-bound trade in the spring of 1759. He served on the south coast of Brittany that autumn with the squadron under Captain Robert Duff, and was present at the defeat of the French at the Battle of Quiberon Bay on 20 November 1759. Drake then served in the Saint Lawrence River with Commodore Swanton in the summer of 1760; with Lord Colville on the coast of North America, and with Sir James Douglas at the Leeward Islands in 1761 during the Invasion of Dominica, continuing there under Sir"
"battle against the British frigate ""Roebuck"" which was opening the Delaware River to British ships. Wickes would later be designated as number 11 on the Continental Navy's seniority list. The Committee of Secret Correspondence of Congress, by arrangement with the Marine Committee, issued orders for Capt. Wickes to proceed to the West Indies in ""Reprisal"" and bring out munitions for use by General Washington's army. In addition, Wickes was to transport William Bingham to his post, the French possession of Martinique, as agent for the American colonies. ""Reprisal"" passed down the Delaware River from Philadelphia during the latter part of"
"Sir Francis Drake's Raid are recreated in June at St. Augustine. So far there have been 27 re enactments and all are held in the old part of town. The re-enactment features an encampment, drills, weapon demonstrations, and more. Raid on St. Augustine The Raid on St. Augustine was a military event during the Anglo-Spanish War in which the Spanish settlement of St. Augustine in Florida ()) was captured in a small fight and burnt by an English expedition fleet led by Francis Drake. This was part of Francis Drake's ""Great Expedition"" and was his last engagement on the Spanish"
"the US coast to prevent foreign commerce. In 1809, Lt. Oliver Hazard Perry relieved Jones in command of ""Revenge"". The passage of the Non-Intercourse Act on 1 March 1809 had removed most restrictions on foreign commerce (excepting France and Britain, which were at war with each other), and the ship widened her area of operation, cruising south to the tip of Florida and north to the coast of New England. In April 1810, the schooner entered the Washington Navy Yard for repairs. The following July, while cruising off Charleston, South Carolina, ""Revenge"" was ordered to Amelia Island, Florida, then Spanish"
"territory, to free an American ship, ""Diana"", which had been seized in Spanish waters and placed under British colors. Undaunted by the presence of two British warships, Perry boarded the ship, manned her with a prize crew, and sailed away. That winter, ""Revenge"" was charting coastal waters and harbours near Newport, Rhode Island, New London, Connecticut, and Gardiners Bay, Long Island, New York. On 9 January 1811, she ran aground on a reef off of Watch Hill, Rhode Island, while attempting to navigate a hazardous stretch of water known as 'The Race' in heavy fog. Cargo was unloaded onto other"
"a copy of Drake's will was brought to Hartzell's mail fraud trial and he was convicted and imprisoned. Drake's Drum has become an icon of English folklore with its variation of the classic king in the mountain story. Francis Drake Sir Francis Drake ( – 28 January 1596) was an English sea captain, privateer, slave trader, naval officer and explorer of the Elizabethan era. Drake carried out the second circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition, from 1577 to 1580, and was the first to complete the voyage as captain while leading the expedition throughout the entire circumnavigation. With"