High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Scourge of Malice or Malice Scourge or Mare Scourge was a 38-gun ship ordered by George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland. It was built and launched at Deptford Dockyard in 1595. The Earl used it as his flagship during raids on the Spanish Main, where it provided additional force to support his fleet. It was later renamed the Red Dragon and used by the East India Company during at least five voyages to the East Indies.