A high tensile strength hot-rolled steel sheet comprising 0.04 to 0.09% C, 0.1% or less Si, 0.5 to 1.5% Mn, 0.02% or less P, 0.01% or less S, 0.1% or less Al, 0.001 to 0.008% N, 0.01 to 0.15% Ti, by mass %, and the balance being iron and inevitable impurities, whereby the content of alloying elements X satisfies the following equation (1), and the ferritic grain size α (μm) satisfies the following equation (2):
- [C]+7×[Si]+0.1×[Mn]+[P]+14×[S]+1.75×[Al]
- +23×[N]+[Ti]+18×[O]+7×[Cu]+18×[Sn]+7×[Mo]+
- 1.7×[Cr]+70×[B]+7×[Ca]+14×[Zr]+14×[V]+7×[Nb]
- ≦2 (1)
- 3≦α≦60×[Ti]+8 (2)
- where [X] denotes the content in mass % of each alloying element X.