HMS Hawke, a 387ft (118m) long and 60ft (18m) wide Edgar-class protected cruiser, was first launched in 1891. In 1911, it was involved in an infamous collision in the Solent with RMS Olympic ...

HMS Hawke was found by a team of divers around ... Three years before the German attack, in 1911, it was severely damaged in a collision with the sister ship of the Titanic, RMS Olympic.