H.M.S. Hawke (1891)

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H.M.S. Hawke (1891)
Pendant Number: A9 (1914)[1]
Builder: Chatham Royal Dockyard[2]
Laid down: 17 Jun, 1889[3]
Launched: 11 Mar, 1891[4]
Commissioned: 16 May, 1893[5]
Torpedoed: 15 Oct, 1914[6]
Fate: by U 9 in North Sea[7]

H.M.S. Hawke was one of nine Edgar class protected cruisers completed between 1893 and 1896, and the only one lost in the war.

Service

On 11 July, 1900 on the annual manoeuvres Hawke was grounded through what Their Lordships later determined was "great carelessness and absence of precaution" on the part of Lieutenant (N) Edward Reeves, who had been lent to the ship just the day before.[8]

On 6 May 1902, Hawke collided with the destroyer Syren. A Court of Enquiry concluded that no one was to blame in the misadventure.[9]

From at least mid-1913 through August 1914, Hawke was with the Training Squadron in Queenstown.[10][11]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 38.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 38.
  8. Reeves Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 57.
  9. Meade Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 177.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 323.
  11. The Navy List. (August, 1914). p. 322b.
  12. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 4 May, 1893. Issue 33942, col E, p. 6.
  13. The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 223.
  14. Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 577.
  15. Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 585.
  16. Poore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 29.
  17. The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 255.
  18. Foote Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/486.
  19. Foote Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/486.
  20. Chisholm-Batten Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/86/125. f. 250.
  21. "The Naval Mobilization." The Times (London, England), 11 July 1900, p. 9.
  22. Burney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 84/180.
  23. "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Thursday, July 11, 1901, Issue 36504, p.8.
  24. Wilkinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 668.
  25. Wilkinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 668.
  26. Savory Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 34.
  27. Savory Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 34.
  28. Pike Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1032.
  29. Pike Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1032.
  30. Warrender Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1384.
  31. Warrender Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1384.
  32. Horsley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/87. f. 44.
  33. Horsley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 651.
  34. The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 324.
  35. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 28 June, 1905. Issue 37745, col F, p. 12.
  36. Miller Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 188.
  37. Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 254/512.
  38. Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 254/512.
  39. Wake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 638.
  40. Wake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 638.
  41. Gillett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 123.
  42. Gillett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 123.
  43. Oldham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/187. f. 201.
  44. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 324.
  45. Oldham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/187. f. 201.
  46. Wilkin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 175.
  47. The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 324.
  48. Wilkin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 175.
  49. Morgan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 323.
  50. Morgan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 323.
  51. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 324.
  52. Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 454.
  53. Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 454.
  54. Dicks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/145. f. 145.
  55. Dicks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/145. f. 145.
  56. Bruen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 210/418.
  57. Clutton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/248. f. 253.
  58. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 323.
  59. Clutton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/248. f. 253.
  60. Savill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 104.
  61. Savill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 104.
  62. Blunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 109.
  63. Blunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 109.
  64. Sclater Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/20. f. 21.
  65. Sclater Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/20. f. 21.
  66. Tuke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/163. f. 165.
  67. The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 323.
  68. Tuke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/163. f. 165.
  69. The Navy List. (January, 1914). . 322b.
  70. The Navy List. (October, 1914). p. 327.
  71. Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 27.

Bibliography

  • Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).

See Also


Edgar Class First Class Protected Cruiser
Crescent Edgar Endymion Gibraltar Grafton
  Hawke Royal Arthur St. George Theseus  
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