HMS Drake (1901)
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HMS Drake was the lead ship of her class of armoured cruisers built for the Royal Navy around 1900. She was assigned to several different cruiser squadrons in home waters upon completion, sometimes as
Drake at anchor in New York Harbor in 1909
SMS Möwe (1914)
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SMS Möwe was a merchant raider of the Imperial German Navy which operated against Allied shipping during World War I.
HMS Drake (1901)
…the North America and West Indies Station for convoy escort duties. In 1916 she participated in the unsuccessful search for the German commerce raider SMS Möwe. In late 1917 Drake was torpedoed by a German submarine off Northern Ireland and sank in shallow water with the loss of eighteen lives near Rathlin…
SMS Möve
Model of SMS Möwe
Capture of the Appam
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