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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