 In late 1917 "Drake" was torpedoed by a German submarine off Northern Ireland and sank in shallow water with the loss of eighteen lives.The wreck was partly salvaged, beginning in 1920; a fishing trawler collided with the remainder of the wreck in 1962 and sank the next day.The wrecks of the two ships were demolished during the 1970s, but their remnants remain a popular dive site.