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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Hawke'' (1891)|fate2=by {{DE-U9}} in North Sea{{DittColl|p. 38}}
|comm=16 May, 1893{{Conways1860|p. 66}}
|fatedate=15 Oct, 1914{{Conways1860|p. 66}}
|order=
|name=Hawke
|launch=11 Mar, 1891{{Conways1860|p. 66}}
|builder=[[Chatham Royal Dockyard]]{{Conways1860|p. 66}}
|laid=17 Jun, 1889{{Conways1860|p. 66}}
|fate=Torpedoed
|pend=A9 (1914){{DittColl|p. 38}}
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>
'''H.M.S. ''Hawke''''' was one of nine [[Edgar Class Cruiser (1890)|''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.<ref>Reeves Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 57.</ref>

On 6 May 1902, ''Hawke'' collided with the {{UK-Syren|f=t}}.  A Court of Enquiry concluded that no one was to blame in the misadventure.<ref>Meade Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 177.</ref>

From at least mid-1913 through August 1914, ''Hawke'' was with the Training Squadron in Queenstown.{{NLJul13|p. 323}}{{NLAug14|p. 322b}}

==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Hawke''">
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Pelham Aldrich|nick=Pelham Aldrich|appt=16 May, 1893<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 4 May, 1893.  Issue '''33942''', col E, p. 6.</ref>{{NLApr94|p. 223}}|end=27 April, 1896|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Des Vœux Hamilton|nick=William Des V. Hamilton|appt=27 April, 1896<ref>Hamilton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 577.</ref>|end=10 November, 1896<ref>Hamilton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|D7578874}} f. 585.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Poore, Fourth Baronet|nick=Sir Richard Poore, Bart.|appt=10 November, 1896<ref>Poore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 29.</ref>|end=26 April, 1898}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Randolph Frank Ollive Foote|nick=Randolph F. O. Foote|appt=30 March, 1898{{NLOct98|p. 255}}|ass=18 April, 1898<ref>Foote Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/486.|}}</ref>|end=18 April, 1899<ref>Foote Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/486.|}}</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alexander William Chisholm-Batten|nick=Alexander W. Chisholm-Batten|appt=18 April, 1899<ref>Foote Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/486.|}}</ref>|end=August, 1899<ref>Chisholm-Batten Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/86/125.|}}  f. 250.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Burney, First Baronet|nick=Cecil Burney|appt=10 July, 1900{{ToL|The Naval Mobilization|11 July 1900, p. 9}}<ref>Burney Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 84/180.</ref>|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1900]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Algernon Horatio Anson|nick=Algernon H. Anson|appt=16 July, 1901{{ToL|The Naval Manoeuvres|Thursday, July 11, 1901, Issue 36504, p.8}}|end=22 August, 1901|note=for the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1901]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Algernon Horatio Anson|nick=Algernon H. Anson|appt=1 April, 1902|end=23 July, 1902}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Julian Charles Allix Wilkinson|nick=Julian C. A. Wilkinson|appt=23 July, 1902<ref>Wilkinson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 668.</ref>|end=4 October, 1902<ref>Wilkinson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 668.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Whitmore Savory|nick=Herbert W. Savory|appt=13 January, 1903<ref>Savory Service Record.   {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 34.</ref>|end=11 March, 1903<ref>Savory Service Record.   {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 34.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Owen Pike|nick=Frederick O. Pike|appt=6 May, 1903<ref>Pike Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1032.</ref>|end=21 May, 1903<ref>Pike Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1032.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George John Scott Warrender, Seventh Baronet|nick=Sir George J. S. Warrender, Bart.|appt=21 May, 1903<ref>Warrender Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1384.</ref>|end=5 April, 1904<ref>Warrender Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1384.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur John Horsley|nick=Arthur J. Horsley|appt=November, 1904<ref>Horsley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/87.}} f. 44.</ref>|end=9 July, 1905<ref>Horsley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 651.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Francis Spurstow Miller|nick=Francis S. Miller|appt=9 July, 1905{{NLNov05|p. 324}}<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 28 June, 1905.  Issue '''37745''', col F, p. 12.</ref>|end=15 May, 1906<ref>Miller Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 188.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Lowther Grant|nick=William L. Grant|appt=15 May, 1906<ref>Grant Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.|D7590759}} f. 254/512.</ref>|end=13 January, 1907<ref>Grant Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.|D7590759}} f. 254/512.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Drury St. Aubyn Wake|nick=Drury St. A. Wake|appt=12 January, 1907<ref>Wake Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 638.</ref>|end=4 March, 1907<ref>Wake Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 638.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Owen Francis Gillett|nick=Owen F. Gillett|appt=16 November, 1907<ref>Gillett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 123.</ref>|end=13 March, 1908<ref>Gillett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 123.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Hugh Oldham|nick=Arthur H. Oldham|appt=13 March, 1908<ref>Oldham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/187.|D7602526}} f. 201.</ref>{{NLOct08|p. 324}}|end=26 November, 1908<ref>Oldham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/187.|D7602526}} f. 201.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Douglas Wilkin|nick=Henry D. Wilkin|appt=5 January, 1909<ref>Wilkin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D8112173}} f. 175.</ref>{{NLJul09|p. 324}}|end=22 July, 1909<ref>Wilkin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D8112173}} f. 175.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Herbert Morgan|nick=Charles H. Morgan|appt=15 October, 1909<ref>Morgan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 323.</ref>|end=19 October, 1909<ref>Morgan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 323.</ref>|note=on passage from Portsmouth to Chatham}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Marcus Rowley Hill|nick=Marcus R. Hill|appt=19 October, 1909{{NLJan10|p. 324}}<ref>Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 454.</ref>|end=24 May, 1910<ref>Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 454.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Leage Dicks|nick=Henry L. Dicks|appt=25 May, 1910<ref>Dicks Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/145.|}} f. 145.</ref>|end=27 Sept3ember, 1910<ref>Dicks Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/145.|}} f. 145.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Francis Bruen|nick=Edward F. Bruen|appt=24 June, 1910<ref>Bruen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 210/418.</ref>|end=|note=for manoeuvres}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Ralph Philip Clutton|nick=Ralph P. Clutton|appt=27 September, 1910<ref>Clutton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/248.|}} f. 253.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 323}}|end=6 April, 1911<ref>Clutton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/248.|}} f. 253.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert John Savill|nick=Herbert J. Savill|appt=26 November, 1910<ref>Savill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 104.</ref>|end=21 December, 1910<ref>Savill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 104.</ref>|note=trooping, seemingly temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Frederick Blunt|nick=William F. Blunt|appt=6 April, 1911<ref>Blunt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 109.</ref>|end=9 January, 1912<ref>Blunt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 109.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Sandford Grant Radcliffe Nevile|nick=Sandford G. R. Nevile|appt=9 January, 1912|end=28 June, 1912}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Guy Lutley Sclater|nick=Guy L. Sclater|appt=29 January, 1912<ref>Sclater Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/20.}} f. 21.</ref>|end=1 June, 1912<ref>Sclater Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/20.}} f. 21.</ref>|note=trooping}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Godfrey Tuke|nick=Godfrey Tuke|appt=28 June, 1912<ref>Tuke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/163.|}} f. 165.</ref>{{NLAug12|p. 323}}|end=28 July, 1912<ref>Tuke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/163.|}} f. 165.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Hilary Rymer|nick=Edward H. Rymer|appt=17 January, 1913{{NLJan14|. 322''b''}}|end=21 January, 1914}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Hugh Powell Evan Tudor Williams|nick=Hugh P. E. T. Williams|appt=1 August, 1914{{NLOct14|p. 327}}|end=15 October, 1914{{KindellROH2|p. 27}}|note=died when ship lost|succBy=Vessel Lost}}
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==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
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==See Also==
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Hawke_(1891)}}
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