Avro Lincoln bombers from an altitude of off Spithead in May. A total of 616 bombs were dropped over 27 days, but only 29 struck the cruiser, of which 13 failed to detonate. Hawkins was transferred to the British Iron & Steel Corporation on 26 August 1947 and broken up in December that year at the Arnott Young scrapyard at Dalmuir, Scotland. Notes Citations Sources External links HMS Hawkins at U-boat.net Hawkins-class cruisers Ships built in Chatham 1917 ships World War II cruisers of the United Kingdom