HMS Drake (1770) (8th)
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This the eighth ship to carry the name HMS Drake was a 12-gun,
sloop Bought 1770, 111ft long, 30ft 6in wide and of 462 tons builders measurement. Armed with 12 x 6pdr guns. Renamed HMS Resolution, a discovery ship, 25-Dec-1771. Captured by the French ship Sphinx 09-Jun-1782 in the East Indies.
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