Drake Collection (page 13)

Sir Francis Drake, The Spanish Armada is in Sight (19 July 1588) -- despite which, according to legend, he stayed and finished his game of bowls on Plymouth Hoe. 1588

Francis Drake knighted by Queen Elizabeth I on board his ship, the Golden Hind, in April 1581, not long after his circumnavigation of the world. 1581

Submarine D 1 with HMS Drake in her wake
British submarine " D 1" with H.M.S. " Drake" following in her wake. All the latest British submarines during the First World War period were fitted with wireless telegraphy

Shardeloes country house during wartime
Scenes from a country house, Shardeloes, in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, during World War II. The house was used as a maternity home for evacuee mothers, offered as it was by the owners

Six illustrations from a theatre production of Drake, a pageant-play in three acts by Louis Napoleon Parker, starring Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Sir Francis Drake

Drake by Louis N. Parker. For the revival. His Majestys Theatre is written on the front of the card and 1915 on the reverse, but the run ended on 11th November 1914

Nathan Drake
NATHAN DRAKE Doctor and essayist Date: 1766 - 1836

Plymouth Sound 1930S
Plymouth Sound, Devon, England, with Drakes Island in the distance. Date: 1930s

Francis Drake Bowling
SIR FRANCIS DRAKE The sign at the bowling green at Plymouth Hoe, Devon, where Sir Francis Drake was playing a game of bowls when he saw the Spanish Armada in 1588. Date: 1545 - 1596

What Every Girl Can Do by Willoughby Drake R. N
Promotional postcard for What Every Girl Can Do by Sub-lieutenant Willoughby Drake R. N. First produced at His Majestys Theatre, Walsall, 22nd January and Palace Theatre, Battersea, 1st October 1917

Memorial to Sir Francis Drake, Plymouth Hoe, Devon
Memorial to Sir Francis Drake at Plymouth Hoe, Devon, on the site of the original bowling green where he is said to have heard about the approach of the Spanish Armada. Date: circa 1980s

Captain William Tyrwhitt Drake, Royal Horse Guards, 1815 (c).Oil on canvas, artist unknown, 1815 (c).Tyrwhitt Drake is shown in regimental uniform with helmet, complete with crest and plume

Chronology of St Augustine, Florida, USA
Chronology of the historical city of St Augustine, Florida, USA, listing events dating back to the discovery of Florida by Ponce de Leon in 1513

Flagship HMS Good Hope, England. Drake Class Armoured Cruiser Date: 1907

Sir Hugh Garrard Tyrwhitt-Drake with his dog
Sir Hugh Garrard Tyrwhitt-Drake (1881-1964), five times Mayor of Maidstone, seen here in a garden with his dog. Date: 1938

HMS Drake, British armoured cruiser, WW1
HMS Drake, British armoured cruiser, sunk by a German U-boat in October 1917. Date: 1917

HMS Drake, British protected cruiser. Date: circa 1908

HMS Leviathan, British protected cruiser
HMS Leviathan, British Drake class protected cruiser. Date: circa 1906

Member of 3rd Port Louis (Tamil) group of scouts, Mauritius
A member of the Sir Francis Drake Patrol of the 3rd Port Louis (Tamil) group of scouts, Mauritius, putting the finishing touches to a decoration on the ground made from sand and shells

Hotel Sir Francis Drake, San Francisco, California, USA. Date: circa 1950

Jockeys as troopers in the 19th Hussars, WW1
Leading jockeys pose for a photograph before leaving for the front for active service as troopers of the 19th Hussars in 1914. From left to right are: - Top row - R. Arbuthnot, N. Nutt, A

Advert for Drake & Gorham electric lighting 1914
Advertisement for Drake & Gorham Limited electric lighting, as used in country houses such as Brancepeth Castle, Eccleshall Castle, Gordon Castle, Chirk Castle and Ford Castle

Drilling recruits in Temple Gardens, London, WW1
Drilling recruits in Temple Gardens, London, at the start of the First World War, while a tennis match goes on in the background

Sir Henry Newbolt
SIR HENRY JOHN NEWBOLT author of Drakes drum, The fighting Temeraire, and that one which ends Play up, play up, and play the game ! Date: 1862 - 1938

Indians Honour European
A European voyager (Drake?) is honoured by Indians in, possibly, California

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