HMS Hawke (1820)

Hawke
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Hawke
Ordered6 January 1812
BuilderWoolwich Dockyard
Laid downApril 1815
Launched16 March 1820
FateBroken up, 1865
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeBlack Prince-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1754 bm
Length
  • 176 ft 1 in (53.67 m) (gundeck)
  • 144 ft 10+12 in (44.158 m) (keel)
Beam47 ft 8+12 in (14.542 m)
Depth of hold21 ft (6.4 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-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]

  1. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line Vol. 1, p. 189.