HMS Hawk

Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hawk after the bird of prey, the hawk:

HMS Hawk was a 10-gun sloop launched in 1741 and broken up in 1747.
HMS Hawk was a 10-gun sloop launched in 1756. She was captured by the French in 1759, but was retaken in 1761. She was then sold in 1781.
HMS Hawk is recorded as being a 10-gun sloop launched in 1761, though she may be the previous HMS Hawk after a rebuild.
HMS Hawk was a schooner in service from 1775. She was captured by the Americans in 1776.
HMS Hawk was a 16-gun sloop launched in 1793 and broken up in 1803.
HMS Hawk was a 4-gun storeship. She was an ex-hoy purchased in 1794 and lost in 1796.
HMS Hawk was a galley in service in 1795 and sold in 1796.
HMS Hawk was an 18-gun sloop, previously the French privateer Atalante. She was captured in 1803 by HMS Plantagenet and foundered in 1804.
HMS Hawk was a 16-gun brig-sloop, previously the French ship Lutin. She was captured in 1806 by HMS Agamemnon and HMS Carysfort, and was renamed HMS Buzzard in 1812. She was sold in 1814.
HMS Hawk was a screw coastguard vessel launched in 1869. She was renamed HMS Amelia in 1888.
HMS Hawk was a coastguard vessel. She had been launched in 1884 and had previously been in civilian service as Lady Aline. She was purchased by the Navy in 1888 and briefly named HMS Oberon before being named HMS Hawk. She was renamed HMS Undine in 1904 and was sold in 1906.

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