HMS Hawk (1741)

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.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Hawk.

History
Great Britain
NameHMS Hawk
Ordered25 August 1740
BuilderGrevill & Whetstone, Limehouse
Laid down20 October 1740
Launched10 March 1741
Completed26 April 1741 at Deptford Dockyard
CommissionedMay 1741
Out of serviceOctober 1747
FateBroken up, Deptford Dockyard
General characteristics
Class and type8-gun Drake-class snow-rigged sloop
Tons burthen205 76⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 84 ft 5 in (25.7 m) (gundeck)
  • 68 ft 8.5 in (20.9 m) (keel)
Beam23 ft 8.75 in (7.2 m)
Depth of hold9 ft 6.5 in (2.9 m)
PropulsionSail
Sail planSnow-rigged sloop
Complement80
Armament
  • 8 × 4pdrs (10 x 4 pdrs from 1744)
  • 12 × 1/2 pdr swivels
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