HMS Hawk (1803)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Hawk.
HMS Hawk was an 18-gun sloop-of-war, previously the French privateer Atalante, that HMS Plantagenet captured in 1803. The Royal Navy took Atalante into service as HMS Hawk; she foundered in 1804.
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Name | Atalante |
Builder | Bordeaux |
Launched | 1802 |
Commissioned | June 1803 |
Captured | July 1803 |
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Name | HMS Hawk |
Acquired | July 1803 by capture |
Fate | Disappeared, presumed foundered December 1804 |
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Type | Ship or sloop-of-war |
Displacement | 220 tonnes (French) |
Tons burthen | 32042⁄94 (bm), |
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Beam | 27 ft 11+3⁄4 in (8.5 m) |
Depth of hold | 8 ft 2 in (2.5 m) |
Sail plan | Brig[2] |
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