HMS Hawke, launched in 1891 from Chatham Dockyard, was the seventh Royal Navy warship to be named Hawke. She was an Edgar-class protected cruiser. After...
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the name HMS Hawke, after an archaic spelling of the bird, the hawk. Two of the later ships were named after Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, whilst another...
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Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, KB PC (21 February 1705 – 17 October 1781), of Scarthingwell Hall in the parish of Saxton with Scarthingwell, near Tadcaster...
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Minotaur-class cruiser (1943) (redirect from HMS Hawke (27))
of twelve ships, six were laid down in 1941–1942 and the seventh unit, Hawke, in 1943. Four of the ordered cruisers were cancelled almost immediately...
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RMS Olympic (redirect from HMS Olympic)
1911, when she collided with the British cruiser HMS Hawke. The collision took place as Olympic and Hawke were running parallel to each other through the...
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Exbury House (redirect from HMS Hawke (shore establishment))
The house was designated as HMS Mastodon from May 1942 to July 1945, HMS King Alfred January to June 1946, then HMS Hawke from August 1946 to 1955. The...
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sister ships, RMS Olympic, when it collided with the British warship HMS Hawke in 1911. Born on 2 October 1887, near Bahía Blanca, Argentina, Violet...
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Edward Smith (sea captain) (section Hawke incident)
first major mishap occurred during a collision with a British warship, HMS Hawke, in which the warship lost her prow. Although the collision left two of...
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Hawke may refer to: Hawke (surname) Hawke (film), a 2010 Australian television film about Bob Hawke Hawke (novel), a 2003 novel by Ted Bell Hawke (Advance...
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HMHS Britannic (redirect from HMS Britannic)
the Titanic, and had also been on board when the Olympic collided with HMS Hawke) described the last seconds: She dipped her head a little, then a little...
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