HMS Hawke (1820)

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Name: HMS Hawke
Builder: Woolwich Dockyard
Laid down: April 1815
Launched: 16 March 1820
Fate: Broken up, 1865
General characteristics
Class and type: Black Prince-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1754 tons (1782 tonnes)
Length: 176 ft (54 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 47 ft 6 in (14.5 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
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Hawke.

HMS Hawke was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 16 March 1820 at Woolwich Dockyard.

She was fitted with screw propulsion in 1855, and was broken up in 1865.

[edit] 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.
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