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'Black Prince' (1816); 'Melville' (1817); 'Hawke' (1820); 'Wellesley' (1815) RMG J2761.jpg
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History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited 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
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+12 in (44.158 m) (keel)
Beam 47 ft 8+12 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.

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.

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