HMS Sparrowhawk (1895)

HMS Sparrowhawk (1895)

HMS "Sparrowhawk" was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was completed by Laird, Son & Company, Birkenhead, and was launched on October 8 1895. ["The Times (London)", Wednesday, October 9 1895, p.7] She served on the China station was wrecked in the mouth of the Yangtze 1904. She was one of four Quail class destroyers.

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