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HMS Hawke (1820)

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Name
  
HMS Hawke

Builder
  
Woolwich Dockyard

Fate
  
Broken up, 1865

Launched
  
16 March 1820

Ordered
  
6 January 1812

Laid down
  
April 1815

Construction started
  
April 1815

Class and type
  
Black Prince-class ship of the line

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.

References

HMS Hawke (1820) Wikipedia