HMS Sparrowhawk

HMS Sparrowhawk

Six ships and a naval air station of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Sparrowhawk" after the bird of prey, the Eurasian Sparrowhawk:

*HMS "Sparrowhawk" was an 18-gun "Cruizer" class brig-sloop launched in 1807 and sold in 1841.
*HMS "Sparrowhawk" was a wooden screw gunboat launched in 1856 and sold in 1872.
*HMS "Sparrowhawk" was a survey schooner purchased in 1877. She was originally named "Falcon", was HMS "Lark" on being purchased, but was renamed HMS "Sparrowhawk" three months later. She was sold in 1889.
*HMS "Sparrowhawk" was a "Quail"-class destroyer launched in 1895 and wrecked in 1904.
*HMS "Sparrowhawk" was an "Acasta"-class destroyer launched in 1912. She was sunk at the battle of Jutland on 1 June 1916 after colliding with HMS "Broke".
*HMS "Sparrowhawk" was an S-class destroyer launched in 1918 and scrapped in 1931.
*HMS "Sparrowhawk" was the name given to RNAS Hatston, a naval air station of the Fleet Air Arm during World War Two.


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