HMS Hawk (1741)
HMS Hawke | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Hawk |
| Ordered | 25 August 1740 |
| Builder | Grevill & Whetstone, Limehouse |
| Laid down | 20 October 1740 |
| Launched | 10 March 1741 |
| Completed | 26 April 1741 at Deptford Dockyard |
| Commissioned | May 1741 |
| Out of service | October 1747 |
| Fate | Broken up, Deptford Dockyard |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | 8-gun Drake-class snow-rigged sloop |
| Tons burthen | 205 76⁄94 (bm) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 23 ft 8.75 in (7.2 m) |
| Depth of hold | 9 ft 6.5 in (2.9 m) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Sail plan | Snow-rigged sloop |
| Complement | 80 |
| Armament |
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HMS Hawk was an eight-gun snow-rigged sloop of the Royal Navy, the second of three Drake class sloops constructed during the Anglo-Spanish War of Jenkins' Ear. Launched in 1741, her principal service was as convoy escort and patrol in the Irish Sea. She was broken up at Deptford Dockyard in 1747.