HMS Hawke (1820)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Hawke.

History

UK
Name:	HMS Hawke
Ordered:	6 January 1812
Builder:	Woolwich Dockyard
Laid down:	April 1815
Launched:	16 March 1820
Fate:	Broken up, 1865
General characteristics ^[1]
Class & type:	Black Prince-class ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1754 bm
Length:	176 ft 1 in (53.67 m) (gundeck) 144 ft 10.5 in (44.158 m) (keel)
Beam:	47 ft 8.5 in (14.542 m)
Depth of hold:	21 ft (6.4 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	74 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs Quarterdeck: 4 × 12 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades Forecastle: 2 × 12 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades Poop deck: 6 × 18 pdr carronades

HMS Hawke was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Black Prince class of the Royal Navy, launched on 16 March 1820 at Woolwich Dockyard.^[1]

She was converted to a screw-propelled 'blockship', fitted with screw propulsion and re-armed with just 60 guns in 1855, and was broken up in 1865.^[1]

Notes

1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p189.

References

Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
Winfield, Rif (2008) British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. 2nd edition, Seaforth Publishing, 2008. ISBN 978-1-84415-717-4.

Black Prince-class ships of the line

Wellesley Black Prince Melville Hawke

Preceded by: Vengeur class Followed by: None List of ships of the line of the Royal Navy

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