Ship of the line of the Royal Navy
For other ships with the same name, see
HMS Hawke .
Hawke
History
United Kingdom
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 and type Black Prince -class ship of the line
Tons burthen 1754 bm
Length
176 ft 1 in (53.67 m) (gundeck)
144 ft 10+ 1 ⁄2 in (44.158 m) (keel)
Beam 47 ft 8+ 1 ⁄2 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
^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line Vol. 1, p. 189.
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 .