Drake's Island is a 6.5 acres (2.6 ha) island lying in Plymouth Sound, the stretch of water south of the city of Plymouth, Devon, England. The rocks which make up the island are volcanic tuff and lava, together with marine limestone of the mid-Devonian period.
Read more about Drake's Island: Early History, Drake's Island Battery, Recent History, 1995
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The Baron: That’s my motto, Kringelein. A short life and a gay one.”
—William A. Drake (1900–1965)
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