HMS Hawk (1741)

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 and type	8-gun Drake-class snow-rigged sloop
Tons burthen	205 76⁄94 (bm)
Length	84 ft 5 in (25.7 m) (gundeck) 68 ft 8.5 in (20.9 m) (keel)
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	8 × 4-pdrs (10 × 4-pdrs from 1744) 12 × 1⁄2-pdr swivels

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.