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 II .

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