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]