Drake’s Leviathan Sir Francis Drake, vice admiral, sea captain and known pirate, sailed the seven seas for his queen, Elizabeth I, becoming the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe. The Leviathan, an ancient serpentine sea monster, sunk many ships, but not Drake’s, whose luck was famed. This anchor and serpent design is tribute to Britannia’s rule of the waves, and the fearless adventurers who sailed under the Union Jack.