In 1925 the Danish Government notified Hawker that they would order three aircraft similar to the Woodcock, but with certain improvements.

This resulted in Sydney Camm making minor changes to the wings and cockpit area.

Compared to the Woodcock II, the Danecock had unequal span wings, a slightly lengthened fuselage, a 385 hp (287 kW) Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar IV engine and an armament of two 8 mm (0.315 in) Madsen machine guns.

After receiving the Hawker-built aircraft, Denmark obtained a licence to produce more Danecocks.

One aircraft (a Hawker-build) broke the Scandinavian altitude record, reaching 28,208 ft (8,598 m).