London merchants and the queen each contributed equal tonnage to Drake’s fleet

Evidence

As an indication of the relative contributions, as determined to apportion prize money, it was reckoned that the queen provided 2,100 tons and 1,020 men; the merchants 2,100 tons and 894 men; Drake 600 tons and 619 men; and Howard 175 tons and 415 men.4 — John Sugden, Sir Francis Drake, 855

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — John Sugden, Sir Francis Drake, 855
• XREF: connects to: The naval expedition, headed by Drake, consisted of four Royal Navy galleons, with Drake commanding the Elizabeth Bonaventure. — Drake and the Singeing of King of Spain’s Beard; Elizabethan naval expeditions relied primarily on private financing rather than the Crown — John Sugden, Sir Francis Drake, 880

Broader Connections

• Elizabethan naval expeditions relied primarily on private financing rather than the Crown #expands (0.80) — John Sugden, Sir Francis Drake, 880