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HMS ''Hawke'', launched in 1891, was the sixth British warship to be named ''Hawke''. She was an protected cruiser. ==Construction== ''Hawke'' was laid down at Chatham Dockyard on 17 June 1889, one of nine ''Edgar''-class cruisers ordered for the Royal Navy under the Naval Defence Act 1889, and launched on 11 March 1891.〔Chesneau and Kolesnik 1979, p. 66.〕 Sea trials in March 1892 were satisfactory, with her engines reaching the required power, and the ship was completed on 16 May 1893.〔 ''Hawke'' was long overall and between perpendiculars, with a beam of and a draught of . She displaced .〔 Armament consisted of two 9.2 inch guns, on the ships centreline, backed up by ten six-inch guns, of which four were in casemates on the main deck and the remainder behind open shields. Twelve 6-pounder and four 3-pounder guns provided anti-torpedo-boat defences, while four 18 inch torpedo tubes were fitted.〔 The Edgars were protected cruisers, with an arched, armoured deck thick at about waterline level. The casemate armour was thick, with thick shields for the 9.2 inch guns and armour on the ship's conning tower.〔〔Brown 2003, pp. 132–134.〕 ''Hawke'' machinery was built by Fairfields, with four double-ended cylindrical boilers feeding steam at to 2 three-cylinder triple expansion engines,〔 which drove two shafts. This gave under forced draught, giving a speed of .〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Hawke (1891)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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