page_title: HMS Hawke (1891)
section_title: Collision with the liner Olympic
hierarchical_section_title: HMS Hawke (1891) / Service / Collision with the liner Olympic
caption_attribution_description: English: Photographs of the HMS Hawke and the RMS Olympic following their collision
context_page_description: HMS Hawke, launched in 1891, was the seventh British warship to be named Hawke. She was an Edgar-class protected cruiser.
context_section_description: On 20 September 1911, Hawke, under command of Commander W.F. Blunt, collided in the Solent with the White Star ocean liner RMS Olympic. In the course of the collision, Hawke lost her bow. (This was replaced by a straight bow). The subsequent trial pronounced Hawke to be free from any blame. During the trial, a theory was advanced that the large amount of water displaced by Olympic had generated a suction that had drawn Hawke off course. The White Star Line lost on appeal.
caption: Photographs documenting the damage to Olympic (left) and Hawke (right) following their collision
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