Drake's Drum
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Drake's Drum is a snare drum that Sir Francis Drake took with him when he circumnavigated the world. Shortly before he died he ordered the drum to be taken to Buckland Abbey and vowed that if England
Replica of Drake's Drum, from the Buckland Abbey education centre
HMS Royal Oak (08)
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HMS Royal Oak was one of five Revenge-class battleships built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. Completed in 1916, the ship first saw combat at the Battle of Jutland as part of the Grand
Drake's Drum
…began in 1914 and when HMS Revenge was closed down and at the point of sailing, as part of the Grand Fleet, before the Battle of Jutland. Reportedly, on HMS Royal Oak, a victory drum roll from a drum was heard when the Imperial German Navy surrendered in 1918. The ship was then searched twice by the officers and then…
Royal Oak at anchor in 1937
Royal Oak at anchor after her 1936 refit
Captain Kenneth Dewar
Commander Henry Daniel